NIA recovers Rs 91 lakh drug proceeds of narco-terrorism in Samba
Jammu Tawi, March 12
In the ongoing probe into the Handwara narco-terrorism case, the National Investigation Agency on Friday recovered Rs 91 lakh found concealed in a field in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, an NIA spokesperson said.
The recovery was made on the disclosure of five persons, who were arrested on March 1 from Srinagar and Jammu and are presently on a 15-day remand, he said.
“Based upon examination and disclosure of arrested accused persons, the NIA conducted searches and recovered proceeds of narcotics smuggling to the tune of 91 lakh. The amount was found concealed in a field in Gurwal village in the jurisdiction of the police station Ramgarh (Samba),” the spokesperson said.
Jammu, March 12
In the ongoing probe into the Handwara narco-terrorism case, the National Investigation Agency on Friday recovered Rs 91 lakh found concealed in a field in Samba district of Jammu and
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In a major recovery, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said that it has seized cash to the tune of Rs 91 lakh concealed in a field in Jammu and Kashmir village in Samba district by arrested BSF officer in connection with the Handwara narco-terror probe.
An NIA spokesperson here said Rs 91 lakh in cash was dug up from a field in Gurwal village, following the disclosures made by the five accused earlier this month.
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The accused were involved in cross-border smuggling of heroin in huge quantities from Pakistan and were supplying the same in J&K
Police found Rs. 20 lakh and two kg heroin in a Hyundai Creta owned by one Abdul Momin Peer at a makeshift checkpoint near Handwara. Representational image
SRINAGAR: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested four persons from Jammu and Kashmir allegedly involved in smuggling of heroin and other narcotic drugs worth million of rupees from across the Line of Control (LoC).
The money obtained through the sale of the contraband locally and in other parts of the country would be transferred to a major militant outfit to help it in carrying out terrorist activities in the Valley, the agency claimed.