2 narcotic smugglers held in Kupwara, huge quantity of narcotic substances also recovered: Police

Srinagar: Police on Friday said that it has arrested two narcotic smugglers in Kupwara district during the intervening night of 23rd and 24th February and also recovered 5 packets of heroine weighing about 4.588 Kilograms from their possession in two separate incidents.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that in first case, based on specific input about narcotics smuggling in Taad area, it has accordingly registered a case vide FIR No.17/2023 U/S 8/21-29 NDPS Act in Police Station Karnah and during the investigation of the case, one suspect namely Farooq Ahmad Shah S/O Raqueeb Hussain Shah R/O Panjitara Karnah was picked up for questioning and it was based on his confession,
Stating that Kupwara Police along with Army (06 JAK Rifles) recovered 3 packets of heroine like substance weighing 2.674 Kgs (with packing) from a hiding place near his house in presence of Executive Magistrate, Police in it’s above referred statement further said that the accused has been arrested and further investigation in the case is going on and more arrests are expected.
Revealing that in another case based on specific input a case under FIR No. 18/2023 U/S 8/21-29 NDPS Act was registered at Police Station Karnah, Police in it’s statement said during the investigation of the case, one suspect Raja Aftab Alias Babu S/O Raja Ghulam Akbar R/O Teethwal was detained for questioning and based on his confession, 2 packets of heroine like substance weighing about 1.914 kgs (with packing) were recovered by Kupwara Police along with Army (06 JAK Rifles) in presence of Executive Magistrate near his house at Teetwal. Police in it’s statement also said that the accused has been arrested and further investigation is going.
In the concluding para of the above quoted statement police said that during the preliminary investigations, the revealions about the involvement of both the arrested persons in narcotic smuggling came to fore as they were found to have received these consignments from across the LoC to promote drug addiction and further the cause of militancy in J&K.