Srinagar, May 13: The Jammu and Kashmir Police along with security forces on Saturday busted interstate narco-terror and arrested four smugglers involved in running the module.
Police recovered eight packets of narcotics weighing about 8 kgs along with ₹ 5 lac cash was recovered from the possession of the arrested persons.
A police spokesman said following inputs that a Punjab based narco smuggler has arrived in the district at a pre-decided location to take a consignment of narcotics.
“A joint search operation by Kupwara Police along with a local army unit was launched in Zurhama area of PS Trehgam,” he said.
The spokesman said during the operation, four persons identified as Yousuf Bokra, a, resident of RashanporaKralpora, Showkat Ahmad Khatana, a resident of Meliyal Kupwara, Maroof Ahmad Mir, resident of Jumagad, A/p Zurhama Kupwara and Laba Masih, a resident of Awaan Ramdas Ajnala, District Amritsar Punjab, have been arrested, when they were in the process of exchanging smuggled narcotics and cash among themselves.
The spokesman said during the preliminary investigations, it has transpired that the narcotic consignment has been sent by two PoJK based terrorist handlers of LeT.
They have been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Mir and Asad Mir, both originally residents of Jumagund Kupwara, who have exfiltrated to PoJK in early 1990’s to join terrorist ranks.
“Both Manzoor and Asad, over a period of time have become terrorist handlers of LeT mainly acting as launching commanders besides pushing narcotics and weapons to sustain terrorist activities in the UT of J&K,” he said.
The spokesman said so far, eight packets of narcotics (Heroin like substance) weighing about 8 kilograms along with ₹ 5 lac cash in Indian currency notes were recovered from the possession of the arrested persons.
Meanwhile, a case under relevant sections of NDPS Act and UA(P) Act stands registered in Police Station Trehgam.
“As the investigations are at its initial stage , more arrests and recoveries can’t be ruled out,” he said.
