A Nepali youth has been arrested and 160 gm heroin has been seized from him at a place along the Indo-Nepal Border here, an SSB official said today.
Acting on a tip-off, Suraj Thapa (19), a resident of Rupendehi in Nepal, was arrested yesterday with 160 gram of heroin with a street value of Rs 32 lakh at Sonauli border, SSB Commandant K S Bankhothi said.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to selling the contraband to youths in the area and that he was the main supplier of the drug, the SSB Commandant said.
He was booked under various sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Bankhothi added.
