Acting on a tip off, the 13th battalion SSB team intercepted smuggler Banka Paswan near Mansa Mai temple at Laxmi Chowk under Raxaul police station last evening and seized the consignment weighing 3.5 kg, tucked in seven packets, Assistant Commandant of SSB Dinesh Kumar said.
Paswan hails from a village under Mufassil police station area in neighbouring West Champaran district, he said, adding the accused was being interrogated to find out the source of the consignment.
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