Jammu Police busts narco terror module; medication value Rs 24 crores recovered [details]

In a large success, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday busted a narco terror module by arresting three individuals and likewise recovered heroin value Rs 24 crores from their possession. Cash of roughly Rs 11 lakh was additionally recovered from the arrested drug traffickers who belong to the Amritsar district of Punjab.

Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Jammu Mukesh Singh has not dominated out the likelihood large amount of medicine – recovered from the accused, have been dropped from throughout the border by way of drones.

“Jammu Police is working tirelessly to uproot the chain of drug supply in the region. Thorough questioning of the accused is going on to know the origin of the drugs taking into account both the forward as well as backward linkages. From the packing material of the drugs, it appears to have been dropped by drones. Further details will be available after the interrogation of the accused,” the AGDP stated.

How module was busted?

Giving particulars, ADGP Jammu stated that Jammu Police led by SSP Jammu Chandan Kohli was engaged on a tip-off. Police laid a naka within the jurisdiction of Police Station Bahu Fort by particular police groups constituted underneath the supervision of SP South Mamta Sharma and different senior officers.

Three suspects travelling within the Verna automobile bearing registration quantity PB02 CQ 7749 have been rounded up and through their search 12 kilograms of heroin and money Rs11,00,000/- has been recovered.

In this regard, a case FIR no. 197/2022 U/S 8/21/22/27/29 NDPS Act received registered at Police Station Bahu Fort, and three accused have been arrested.

The accused arrested have been recognized as Sarvwan Singh son of Kala Singh, Malkeet Singh son of Gurmeet Singh, and Balbir Singh son of Balbinder Singh, all residents of Amritsar Punjab.

While addressing a perform organized by “Team Jammu” on eve of the “World Anti-Drug Day” on June 25, ADGP Mukesh Singh identified that the narcotics menace was scaling new heights in Jammu and Kashmir and warned {that a} majority of the younger individuals might fall prey to drug abuse.

He stated that after importing bloodshed in J&Ok by way of proxy struggle, Pakistan is now spoiling the youthful technology of the UT by way of narco-terrorism. He cautioned that narco-terrorism is extra harmful than a proxy struggle.

Terming drug abuse as one of many harmful and threatening challenges earlier than humanity, Mukesh Singh has sought the assist of each part of society to eradicate this menace.