Kupwara: Jammu and Kashmir - On Monday, Kupwara police announced the arrest of two smugglers and the recovery of 500 grammes of heroin impor. | News Track
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Security forces recovered heroin worth Rs 50-60 crore
Srinagar: Acting on reliable inputs, the security forces in Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday (April 8) busted a Pakistan-sponsored narco-terror module.
In a joint operation by the police and the army, one person was arrested while 9 kg of heroin worth Rs 50-60 crores in the international market was recovered from him.
Police identified the terrorists’ associate as Mukhtar Husain Shah who hailed from Kupwara.
“The other persons involved have been identified and efforts are being made to arrest them,” a police official said.
“We have busted Pakistan-sponsored narco module. One person namely Mukhtar Shah is arrested. We recovered 9kg heroin worth Rs 50-60 crore international market value,” SSP Kupwara Dr. G.V. Sundeep said.
SRINAGAR: A senior lecturer and acting principal of a government higher secondary school in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was on Thursday allegedly beaten up by a policeman posted at Police Station Karnah.
The said teacher, Rizwan Ahmad Mir, is officiating Principal of Government Higher Secondary School Nachiyan Karnah. He told Kashmir Reader that on Thursday morning he went to Police Station Karnah for the physical verification of stationery including question papers for this year’s Class 11 examination, which starts on Saturday.
At the police station, Head Constable Abdul Majid verbally abused Mir and later assaulted him after asking him for the authorisation order initially. Mir was also held at the police station for more than two hours despite the Class 11 practical examinations scheduled on the day, Mir said.