Four members of an inter-state narco-terror module were arrested and around eight kilograms of heroin-like substance and cash were seized in a police operation in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The operation was conducted after a tip-off that a Punjab-based narco-smuggler had arrived in the district to take a consignment of narcotics. During the operation, four persons were arrested when they were exchanging smuggled narcotics and cash among themselves.
The narcotic consignment was sent by two PoK-based terrorist handlers of LeT, who have become terrorist handlers over a period of time and were acting as launching commanders besides pushing narcotics and weapons to sustain terrorist activities in J-K.
The arrested persons have been identified as Yousuf Bokra, Showkat Ahmad Khatana, Maroof Ahmad Mir, and Laba Masih. A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, and the investigation is at its initial stage with more arrests and recoveries not being ruled out.
