Pilibhit: A joint team of Sashastra Seema Bal’s (SSB) 49th battalion and Pilibhit police on Sunday night nabbed a 22-year-old youth at Kutia Kabar vil.
PILIBHIT: A joint team of Sashastra Seema Bal’s (SSB) 49th battalion and Pilibhit police on Sunday night nabbed a 22-year-old youth at Kutia Kabar village along the Indo-Nepal border allegedly with 40 gm of brown sugar worth Rs 50 lakh when he was on his way to Nepal on a bike.
Police identified the accused as Jagjit Singh of Ramnagar village under Madhotanda police station and booked him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Superintendent of police Jai Prakash Yadav said police sent two samples of the seized brown sugar to a government forensic lab.
“The accused had procured the brown sugar from Udham Singh Nagar district in Uttarakhand to sell in Nepal. We are coordinating with our counterparts in Nepal as well as in Uttarakhand to get information on the drug smuggler s network,” said the SP.