J&K police seize 7kg heroin, arrest one

JAMMU: Jammu and

Kashmir police

on Monday foiled a narcotics smuggling bid and arrested one person with 7kg heroin worth crores. This was the second big drug seizure for Rajouri Police after a youth was arrested from Ninganar Thandikassi area with 670g heroin five days ago.


Sharing details, Rajouri SSP Chandan Kohli said, “A police team on naka duty signalled a vehicle to halt for routine checking. During search of the vehicle, 7kg of heroin — kept clandestinely and in a professional manner — was recovered. The driver, identified as Tariq Ahmed, a resident of Bachro Kulgam, was arrested on the spot and the vehicle was seized.”

“Sustained questioning of the accused is going on and we are working to unearth all links of this peddler and the source of this consignment. All possible aspects, including cross-border smuggling, are being probed and more arrests are likely,” SSP Kohli added.