Three people were arrested with heroin on Sunday in two separate incidents from Sonauli town on the Indo-Nepal border here, by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Police, a senior officer said. Â
Satyam, 19, from Maharajganj district, who was on his way to Nepal from India, was arrested on Sunday morning during a routine check with 15gm of heroin in his possession, Sonauli Police Station SO Mahendra Yadav said. Â
In another incident on Sunday, two men, identified as Amit, 36, and Durgesh Nishad, 45, from Sonauli, were arrested with 45 gram heroin from Shemra Chauraha area on the Indo-Nepal border, Yadav said. Â
He said that the seized narcotics were valued at about Rs 60 lakh in the global market. Â
Further investigation is underway to find out about the smugglers바카라™ contacts and also the source of the seized narcotics, the officer said. Â
The accused have been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, he said.
(Inputs from PTI)
