1.75 Kg of Brown sugar like narcotics seized, Two including Lady smuggler arrested

Kupwara, May 18,2022 (RNA) : In yet another achievement against the narcotics smuggling in the district, a joint team of Kupwara Police and Army yesterday late in the evening while conducting routine checking at LoC gate has recovered two packets of narcotics containing Brown sugar like substance from the possession of a lady and her accomplice. Identified as Gullu Begum wife of Rasheed Khan resident of Dader(Kandiyan) and Tanveer Khan son of Naseer Khan resident of Kandiyan, the duo had earlier in the day crossed the LoC gate on the pretext of doing farming in the fields across the gate. However while returning, the duo carried the smuggled narcotics and were caught carrying two packets of narcotics weighing 1.75 Kg and arrested. The narcotics has been smuggled in from across the LoC from POK. Case FIR number 06/2022 under relevant sections of NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Keran and investigations taken up. Investigations to unearth the narcotics smuggling module involved in the instant case has been started and more arrests are expected in the case.