SSB recovers 5kg drugs from man in Bihar's East Champaran

Motihari: Five kg charas were recovered from a man by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from Raxaul along Indo-Nepal border in Bihar's East Champaran district, an official said on Monday.

The 47 battalion SSB jawans intercepted a hand-pulled rickshaw near Koriyar chowk in Raxaul town last evening and seized five kg charas contained in two bags by from a man who was arrested, the Commandant Sonam Tshering said.

The seized consignment of contraband has been valued at Rs 75 lakh in international market, he said, adding that the man was on way to deliver it to a client when the SSB jawans nabbed him.

The man has been handed over to Raxaul police, Tshering said.