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Police arrest four drug smugglers in Bahraich

Bahraich (UP), Apr 18 (UNI) Four drug smugglers were arrested by the police with contraband from the Motipur area of Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police sources said here.
Police sources said 1.6 kg of hashish and Nepalese currency worth Rs 3.76 lakh, besides arms and ammunition, were seized from their possession
Police sources said that Akash Balmiki (20), Mohd Mohsin (30), Mohd Kaif (19), and Muqaddar (22), all residents of Motipur, were nabbed during a check near the jungle dhaba of Tulsirampurwa on the Bahraich-Lakhimpur Kheri road.
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