The Mumbai police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has arrested a 24-year-old member of a gang involved in smuggling charas from Nepal and selling it in the city, an official said on Thursday.

Based on a tip-off, the Kandivali unit of the ANC laid a trap at Pushpa Park locality in Malad (east) on Wednesday and nabbed Ajay Bansiprasad Yadav, the official said. The police recovered 2.5 kg of charas, valued at Rs 50 lakh, from the accused, he said.