The Railway Police today seized about 250 gm of heroin valued at Rs 25 lakh in the international market from a train at Patna junction.
Acting on a tip off, Government Rail Police (GRP) caught one person travelling by Bhabua-Patna Intercity Express and recovered 340 small packets of heroin weighing about 250 gm in total, Inspector GRP, Patna Pramod Kumar said.
He said one person identified as Babu Bengali was arrested in this connection.
The man, a native of Dhanbad in Jharkhand, was carrying the heroin from Ara and was on his way to Dhanbad when he was caught at Patna junction, Kumar said.
The contraband was hidden in a bag, he said.
The GRP was interrogating the arrested man for more details about the illegal trade, Kumar added.
