Gurugram, Oct. 24 -- Police in Palwal arrested an inter-state drug smuggler and seized around 24,000 intoxicating capsules and a Maruti Fronx SUV from his possession, officials said on Friday.

According to police, a team of the anti-vehicle theft unit (AVTU) received a tip-off that Irfan, a resident of Nuh district involved in the trafficking of narcotic capsules, was expected to pass through the Utawad-Hodal road with a large consignment of banned substances in a white Maruti Fronx SUV.

Acting on the lead, police set up a checkpoint near a school on the Utawad-Hodal road and intercepted a suspicious SUV coming from the Kot village side. Upon questioning, the driver identified himself as Irfan, a resident of Sirauli in Nuh, a police spo...