Pakistan drone-dropped drugs worth Rs 40 crore seized in Jammu

JAMMU: J&K Police and BSF troopers seized connected Saturday implicit 6kg of heroin, worthy Rs 40 crore and suspected to person been dropped by a Pakistani drone, adjacent the planetary borderline successful Jammu’s RS Pura.“Following accusation astir a drone dropping worldly from crossed the border, a associated cognition by troopers of 165th battalion of BSF and J&K Police was launched. During the search, the cause consignment was recovered from Nai Basti Karotana colony successful Baspur country of RS Pura,” an authoritative said.The contraband was wrapped successful yellowish polythene packets, the authoritative said, adding section cops received accusation astir the suspected drone question precocious Friday night.Security sources described the seizure arsenic a “big achievement” connected the anti-drug trafficking front. It came a time aft cops successful Kathua, astir 85km away, arrested 2 radical for allegedly smuggling heroin dropped from Pakistani drones successful borderline areas.“Further probe is underway to hint the nonstop root and destination of the contraband. The constabulary are thoroughly examining some backward and guardant linkages successful the case,” the authoritative successful RS Pura said.

In Kathua, the 2 men held connected Friday were identified arsenic Danish Dogra, a local, and Jatin of Pathankot successful neighbouring Punjab. They are accused of smuggling 150gm heroin and being successful interaction with a Pakistan-based peddler done VoIP calls.On Dec 23 past year, Kathua constabulary had arrested 4 people, including a cause peddler associated with a Pakistan-based drone-dropped narcotics module. Seizures from them included Rs 5 lakh successful currency and implicit 400gm of heroin allegedly dropped by a drone successful the borderline colony of Chhan Tanda successful Hiranagar area.