The contraband weighed 5.240 kg along with one pistol (Italy made), two magzines and 20 rounds, wrapped with yellow adhesive tape were found near the drone
NIA alongwith BSF and state police forces arrested 21 people from Tripura, 10 from Karnataka, five from Assam, three from West Bengal, two from Tamil Nadu, and one each from Haryana, Telangana and Puducherry