Jammu, Nov 12: Two criminals have been arrested for allegedly shooting at a a man here, police said on Tuesday.
The officer said 18 grams of heroin was recovered from their possession at the time of their arrest. During interrogation, they admitted their involvement in the firing on Khaleel whom they mistook as an informer of the rival gang of drug smugglers with whom they had a scuffle a day earlier.
A pistol and 16 rounds of ammunition were recovered at the disclosure of the accused from their Rangoora locality, Sharma said.
He said Ramzan was named in nine cases including six related to bovine smuggling and rest narcotic smuggling.
The questioning of the arrested persons are going on to expose their forward and backward links, he said, adding that police are contemplating to book the history sheeter under the Public Safety Act.
The officer requested the people to come forward and extend their support to the law enforcing agencies to achieve the goal of “drugs free” Jammu and Kashmir.
