Lucknow, July 15 -- Three people of a family and a relative of theirs were arrested after they were found to be in possession of narcotic drugs worth Rs.10.29 crore, in Lucknow, the state police's Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) unit said on Monday.

It added that the family was running a drug racket, and it was one of the major narcotic busts in the city in recent times. The people who were arrested in coordination with Thakurganj police were identified as Shravan Kumar Nishad, 65, his son Ayush Nishad, 20, Neha Nishad, 24, who's the wife of his elder son Shravan, and relative Sulfiyan, 20, from Wazirbagh.

The arrests in the Rautghat locality of the city were made on Sunday morning. "The entire family was running the business. Material...