JAMMU: Army has arrested a cross-border smuggler with heroin worth Rs 2-crore on the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
“In a major success, the Indian Army apprehended one Mohammad Kasim, along with two packets of heroin, valued at approximately above Rs 2-crores in international market from the Line of Control in Bhimber Gali belt of Poonch District on the night of May 29,” defence spokesman said here this morning.
He said that Mohammad Kasim, 23, resident of Hamirpur village in Balakot block, Mendhar tehsil of Poonch district, under the garb of cattle grazer, had gone to the LoC and received the consignment of heroin from a Pakistani-occupied Kashmir national.
“The alert troops of the Army challenged and apprehended the individual,” he added.
The spokesman said this is a significant blow to the nefarious designs of Pakistan Army in facilitating narco smuggling to fund terrorism in the State of J&K.
An FIR has been lodged with Poonch Police while search of the area and further investigations are under progress, he asserted.
(AGENCIES)
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