India, Dec. 11 -- A Special Operation Team from the Manipur Police and central forces intercepted a vehicle bound for Nagaland and arrested an alleged inter-state drug peddler along with brown sugar, a derivative of heroin, on Wednesday, the police reported on Thursday.

The arrest and seizure took place during frisking and checking at T Khullen Naka Post under the Senapati District Police Station along NH-2 at around 10:20 AM.

The seized drug is estimated to be worth around Rs 1.96 lakhs in the regional clandestine market.

Based on intelligence inputs that some anti-social elements were attempting to smuggle a drug consignment from Manipur to Nagaland on National Highway 102, the Special Operation Team launched the operation.

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