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.
He said the international value of the recovered contraband was estimated at around Rs 2 crore.
The ASP said that a case had been registered against the woman and she was interrogated about her nexus by a police team.
Kumar said that during interrogation, the woman informed police that the recovered contraband was being smuggled from Nepal to Delhi and Himachal Pradesh. Police have lodged an FIR in the matter and started investigation.