Department of Narcotics Control seizes and arrested an alleged drug smuggler with one kilogram of heroin worth Tk one crore from Amla market in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia district on Monday.

On information, a special team of the department conducted a drive in a passenger bus in the area when a bag was recovered from the bottom of a seat of the bus. Members of the team found the heroin inside the bag. The team arrested Shahjahan Mollah, supervisor of the bus and seized the heroin said Mizanur Rahman, assistant director of the department in the district.