Woman among 3 held with narcotics, IEDs in Kupwara: Police

Kupwara :Police on Saturday claimed to have recovered narcotics and two IEDs from a vehicle during a routine check-up at Sadhna Top in the frontier district of Kupwara.
Police in a statement said that a joint team of Police and soldiers from 7 Rashtriya Rifles recovered huge quantity of narcotics and IED from a vehicle during a routine check up at Sadhna Top.
“Late in the evening on May 27, during a routine naka checking by Police & Army at NC Pass (Sadhna Pass) , one LP truck (JK01AN-8218) driven by Imtiyaz Ahmad son of Habibullah Khan resident of Chitterkote Karnah was put to sustained checking and search, “the police said.
“During the search of the vehicle, 07 packets of heroin-like narcotics substance weighing about 7 kgs and two IEDs were recovered from the possession of three persons namely Imtiyaz Ahmad son of Habibullah Khan, Ghulam Nabi son of Ashiq Ali, and Shams Begam wife of Zakir Hussain all residents of Chitterkote Tanghdar.”
“From the initial investigations, it has transpired that the trio was transporting the narcotics & IEDs to other parts of the valley to aid and promote terrorist activities,” the police said, adding that a case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Karnah.