Jammu Police Seize 3.26 Kg Heroin, Arrest Two in Bust of Pakistan-Linked Racket
Investigators describe a cross-border supply chain using drone drops into Punjab, with local couriers operating through Jammu.
Overview
- A patrol led by the SDPO (south) and the Gandhi Nagar SHO detained two suspects near a crematorium in Shastri Nagar, Jammu.
- Police reported seizing 3.260 kg of heroin valued at roughly Rs 15 crore.
- Cases have been registered under the NDPS Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and both suspects remain in custody.
- Authorities say at least seven additional members of the network have been identified, with efforts under way to make further arrests.
- Officials say this is the seventh such racket dismantled this year, with 22 peddlers arrested, while parallel probes in Poonch froze dozens of bank accounts and attached properties worth crores.