07 October,2022 01:54 PM IST | Bahraich (UP) | PTI
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A drug smuggler was arrested and contraband worth Rs 5 crore seized from him, Uttar Pradesh Police said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ashok Kumar said, "Acting on intelligence input, a police team arrested one Saddam Hussain on Thursday and recovered 530 grams of smack from him."
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The market value of the drug is estimated to be around Rs 5 crore.
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Based on information from Hussain, who was arrested from the district's Khairighat police station limits, efforts are underway to uncover the network of smugglers he was part of, said Kumar.
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