India, May 23 -- The Gurugram unit of Haryana Police's special task force (STF) arrested a suspected drug smuggler from Bhiwani on Thursday and seized 8.9kg of heroin from his possession, officials said on Friday.

Police said the 27-year-old suspect, a resident of Pirawali village in Hisar, was living in rented accommodation in Bhiwani from where he allegedly operated the drug racket.

Officials said the seized heroin could be worth up to Rs.40 crore in the international market.

Deputy superintendent of police Preetpal Sangwan, STF (Gurugram unit), said the suspect was allegedly supplying heroin to peddlers in Bhiwani, Hisar, Jind and other districts of Haryana.

"He had made eight to 10 trips to the Punjab-Haryana border in the last si...