Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 21 (PTI) A local court has convicted a man of smuggling drugs under the NDPS Act and sentenced him to 10 years in prison.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Divya Bhargav on Thursday also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the accused, Abid, after finding him guilty under Section 8/15 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

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Special government lawyer Pradeep Kumar said Abid was arrested in July 2008 in the Kotwali police station area, where authorities had seized 450 kilogrammes of poppy husk from him.

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