A woman, who was trying to smuggle drugs worth Rs 2 crore from Nepal to India, was arrested by a joint team of officials from Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and local police in Bahraich, police said on Thursday.
Maya, a native of Himachal Pradesh, was arrested on Wednesday while she was on her way to smuggle the drug consignment from Nepal to her home state.
"The woman was arrested by a joint team of SSB and local police. Five kilograms of charas worth Rs 2 crore was recovered from her at Rupaidiha checkpost on Indo-Nepal border in Bahraich district," said Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ashok Kumar.