Kolkata, Dec 4
A youth was arrested after a narcotics consignment valued at Rs 2 crore was seized from him at Ghutiari Sharif in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Wednesday.
The arrested youth has been identified as Abdul Molla.
Sources from the district police said that they received information about a narcotics consignment that had been delivered recently to someone at Ghutiari Sharif.
Accordingly, a team of cops led by a DSP conducted a raid at the residence of Molla early Wednesday.
"The raid was conducted at an odd hour so the accused cannot escape. Molla was arrested along with the narcotics consignment," a district police official said. Some cash was also seized from his possession.
The arrested youth will be presented at a district court on Wednesday and the public prosecutor will seek his police custody.
The arrested youth, a resident of Mangalkot in East Burdwan district of West Bengal, recently started staying at Ghutiari Sharif. As per the investigation so far, the sole reason for his shifting to Ghutiari Sharif was to receive the narcotics consignment.