Overview
- The Special Investigation Team arrested Rohit Kumar, known as Makhan, on January 3 in Jammu’s R.S. Pura under Operation Sanjeevani.
- A January 7 search at his Raiyan Kotliyan home recovered a Px5 Storm Beretta pistol, a magazine and three live rounds, which police seized.
- The latest action brings total arrests in the case to seven, according to Jammu Police’s South Zone SIT.
- The investigation began with FIR 249/2025 registered on November 14 at Gandhi Nagar after two people were apprehended during patrolling, leading to exposure of a suspected cross-border narco-arms network.
- Police cite recoveries of about 4.95 kg of a heroin-like substance and multiple pistols, with interrogations now focused on roles, supply routes, finances and remaining associates.