Jammu, June 12: Police on Monday said they arrested three narco smugglers who resorted to firing in the Rangroor area of Ramgarh in Samba district Sunday night.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Samba Benam Tosh said that 2.080 kg of Heroin, Rs 93,200, one pistol, one magazine and rounds were recovered from the possession of these smugglers.
Three persons were injured in a firing incident following a clash between two groups near a bus stand in Ramgarh sector last night, the SSP said, adding that all of them were shifted to CHC the Ramgarh and were later referred to GMC Jammu for advanced treatment.
Two Punjab residents were also detained in connection with the firing incident, he said.
Giving details of the incident, Tosh said when the heroin smugglers from Punjab reached the border village of Rangoor Camp, they got into an argument with a group of eight local youths over letting their car pass through.
As the argument escalated, Satinderpal opened fire with a pistol, resulting in bullet injuries to two youths Sunil Kumar (21) and Sunil Kumar (23) and his associate Sunny Kumar, he said.
He said the smugglers, including Sunny, abandoned their car and tried to flee the spot on a motorcycle of one of the locals but were intercepted by police at a nearby checkpoint and arrested.
The arrested smugglers later led the police to a spot near the scene of the crime from where 2.8 kilograms of heroin worth crores of rupees in the international market, a pistol with a magazine and some rounds, cash worth Rs 93,200 and four costly mobile phones were recovered, he said.
A case has been registered in the matter under sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Arms Act, and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Tosh said.
With PTI inputs
