JK police nab two drug peddlers along with heroin valuing Rs 67 lakh under 'Operation Sanjeevani'

Jammu, March 29: In a major success under 'Operation Sanjeevani', Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor police on Wednesday arrested two drug peddlers and seized heroin valuing Rs 67 lakh from their possession. Notably, Pakistan uses terrorism and drugs as a primary tool to exploit youth of Jammu and Kashmir and disturb the stability of the country.

 

Akhnoor police seized heroin valuing Rs 67 lakh which was being smuggled by two persons who have been identified as Mohammad Azad and Ghulam Mustafa, both residents of Surankote, District Poonch. After getting a specific input Akhnoor police launched a search operation laid a naka and intercepted two persons, who were moving under suspicious circumstances.

A police team immediately arrested two people along with 670 grams of heroin. In this connection, a case under relevant Sections has been registered at Akhnoor Police Station and a high-level investigation was kicked off. A police team led by SHO Akhnoor Inspector Shivdev Singh made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Akhnoor Munish Anand, SP Rural Shivdeep Singh Jamwal and SSP Jammu Vivek Gupta.

On March 26, Jammu and Kashmir police nabbed two drug peddlers and seized a huge quantity of 102 kilograms of poppy straw from their possession. Earlier this month, Jammu and Kashmir police nabbed a drug peddler and recovered a large quantity of 224.50 kilograms of poppy straw. A police team intercepted a truck which was on its way to Jammu from Srinagar and immediately took into their custody.

Over hundreds of drug peddlers were arrested last year by Jammu and Kashmir police. In the year 2017, JK police also seized tonnes of drugs including charas, bhang, fukki, poppy straw and brown sugar etc.

In the year 2016, 312 drug peddlers were arrested with tonnes of drugs. According to the official figure, 64 kilograms of charas, 7.5 kilograms of charas powder, 194 kilograms of bhang and bhang dust, 925 kilograms of fukki, 915 kilograms of poppy straw and 3.75 kilograms of brown sugar were seized in the year 2016 from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Similarly, in the year 2015 police had registered 375 cases and arrested 442 people and 13 others have been booked under PSA.