Drug trafficker arrested with smack worth Rs 50 lakh in UP's Saharanpur

Saharanpur, May 18 (PTI) A drug trafficker was on Sunday arrested with 503 grams of smack in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said.

The drug is estimated to be worth about Rs 50 lakh in the international market.

One Mehboob, son of Riyasat and a resident of Hamjagarh village, was arrested by a team from the Gangoh police station from the road leading to Hamjagarh near Chaina Chowk, Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sagar Jain told PTI.

"Besides the illegal smack, the police seized Rs 1,200 in cash, two mobile phones and a motorcycle from the accused," he said.

He added that investigations were underway to ascertain the source of the drug and the locations where the accused was supplying them.

The accused has been booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Jain said. PTI COR ABN ABN SZM SZM