LUCKNOW, Jan. 22 -- A former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) official has been arrested for the alleged misappropriation of Rs.42.23 lakh from government cash kept in official custody, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Uttar Pradesh Police said Wednesday.

Rajendra Kumar Dubey, who served as an intelligence officer and malkhana in-charge at the NCB's Lucknow regional office, was arrested in Lucknow on Tuesday under an ongoing drive targeting wanted accused in economic offences cases.

According to the EOW, the case stems from August 26, 2013, when the NCB seized Rs.52.49 lakh from Baljeet Singh, owner of Simran Pharma in Aminabad's New Medicine Market, during an NDPS Act investigation. The seized cash was deposited in the NCB malkhana at...