India, Nov. 20 -- A man was arrested and 9kg of suspected heroin worth Rs.18 crore was seized on Wednesday from the Jalukbari area of Assam's Guwahati by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), police said.

A joint operation by the NCB and the Border Security Force (BSF) was launched based on specific intelligence inputs.

The heroin packets were found concealed inside a vehicle that was coming from Manipur through Meghalaya, according to the BSF.

"During the operation, the team apprehended a suspected drug trafficker, a resident of Assam, and recovered approximately 9kg of heroin valued at around Rs18 crore in the grey market from his possession," the BSF said in a statement.

The arrested man, along with the seized narcotics and vehicle, ...