An army constable, his girlfriend, and an accomplice were arrested in Delhi's Kalindi Kunj area on Thursday for smuggling opium worth Rs 1 crore in an SUV, an official stated.

The arrested constable, Godhu Ram (31), had allegedly been on the run from the Indian Army for the past nine months, using his leave period to facilitate opium smuggling from Manipur to Rajasthan and Delhi-NCR, the official said.

The trio was intercepted in their SUV near Kalindi Kunj on July 7, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Aalap Patel, adding that a concealed consignment of 18 kg opium was recovered from their possession.