Police arrested a suspected drug peddler with brown sugar worth around Rs 70 lakh from Matigara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, on Saturday, police said.

Sources said around 270 gram of brown sugar, a derivative of heroin, and Rs 1.70 lakh were seized from Md Imtajul, a resident of the Sutki Godown area of Matigara. He has been booked under the NDPS Act and a case has been registered at Matigara police station.

Officers said this was one of the major drug and cash haul in the Siliguri Metropolitan Police area.

“We are conducting frequent raids to catch drug peddlers. A number of seizures have been made and such operations will continue,” a police officer said.

In another incident, a Bangladeshi resident was nabbed by a team from the 72 battalion of the Border Security Force while he was allegedly trying to enter India illegally through Mannagar of North Dinajpur on Saturday.

Sheikh Abdullah, who officers said was from Thakurgaon district of Bangladesh, was later handed over to the police.