Jammu: Team together from the Army and J & K police thwart the offer of drug smuggling and seize a large cache, around 31kg, narcotics near the control line (LOC) in the Poonch district on Friday.
“Based on intelligence input on the possibility of smuggling efforts through LOC, the joint team launched an intensive search operation in the area,” said a defense spokesman-based LT COL Devender Anand, added that the operation was supported by a well-integrated supervision network.
With the dominance of areas close to LOC.
“Friday morning, the heavy narcotics around 31kg was restored close to the LOC during one of the searches,” added LT Anand.
On November 25 last year, police J & K foiled the smuggling of similar drugs and arrested one person with a 52kg Heroin worth Rs 100 Crore in the JJJJAR Kotli area of Jajjar Jammu.
In the last two years (2019-21), the police have confiscated around 185kg Heroin worth Rs 360 Crore in the international market, besides 500kg of marijuana and 2,500kg Poppy, Adgp (JAMMU ZONE) Mukesh Singh then said.
“A total of 1,500 arrests have been carried out in connection with this smuggling offer and 1,200 cases are registered during the same period,” Adgp said, adding that the initial investigation showed that these drugs were supplied from all borders and were intended for sale.
In the interior of Punjab.
On October 3, 2021, Kashmir police had restored a drug worth 25 crore along the Loc in the Uri sector in the North Kashmir Baramulla District.
Deals for drug smuggling are foiled in Poonch J & K, 31kg narcotics seized
