A 44-year-old man was arrested in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat for the alleged possession of heroin and methamphetamine worth Rs 88.25 crore, suspected to be originated from Pakistan and smuggled through the sea, a senior police officer said.

The arrested man, identified as Sajjad Ghosi, hails from the Thane district in neighbouring Maharashtra. He claimed that he had come to Khambhalia to take the consignment of drugs from two brothers. Following the arrest of Ghosi with 17.65 kg of drugs- heroin and methamphetamine- on November 9, the police on Wednesday nabbed the two brothers from Salaya town in the Devbhumi Dwarka district and seized 47 packets suspected to be containing drugs, said Sandeep Singh, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Rajkot range.