Police Bust Pak-Linked Drug Syndicate Smuggling Narcotics Through Drones In J & K

2025-09-02 10:08:49

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
Police Bust Pak-Linked Drug Syndicate Smuggling Narcotics Through Drones In J&K

Jammu- Police have busted an inter-state drug syndicate involved in smuggling narcotics from Pakistan through drones with the arrest of four men in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

Another case also came to the fore when police arrested five drug peddlers and seized heroin from their possession.

In the first case, among the four arrested, two are employees of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) project, posted in Samba district, the police said.

On July 29, a joint party of police and BSF near the International Border in Chhan Tanda village in the Hiranagar sector recovered nearly half a kg of drone-dropped opium packets, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kathua, Shobhit Saxena said.

A case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act was registered at Police Station Hiranagar.

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