Poonch :Police on Wednesday said that a militant, Sher Ali of Dhargloon Mendhar in Poonch district, has been arrested at Jammu airport.
“He has been arrested in connection with case FIR No. 292/2020 P/S Mendhar and is also involved in many other cases,” a police
“Sher Ali was also involved in drug smuggling along with smuggling of arms and ammunition and 2 Kgs heroine worth approx. Rs 8 crores in the international market,” the officer said, adding, “So-far from this network 5 Pistols, 13 grenades and one live IED has been recovered. Further investigation is in progress.”
Sher Ali also smuggled arms and ammunition which included 3 pistols and 1 IED besides other ammunition through Balakote Sector in Mendhar district Poonch. The receiver of these Arms and ammunition namely Mushtaq Ahmed (father of Sher Ali) and Raskeem Akhter (sister of Sher Ali) were arrested by Poonch Police on 11-9-2020 and FIR was registered at P/S Mendher in this regard.
So-far 05 OGWs namely 1/- Mushtafa R/O Kandi Galuta, 2/- Mohd Yaseen R/O Dabbi Balakote, 3/- Younis 4/- Irfan and 5/- Raskeem have been arrested who were involved in the terror network led by Sher Ali.
