Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 8: The cross-LoC trade on Srinagar- Muzaffarabad road resumed today, more than two weeks after it was suspended following recovery of narcotics from a truck coming from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Ahead of the resumption, authorities sealed the Customs Department office at Salamabad Trade Facilitation Centre at Uri on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route after the staff posted there “absconded” from duty.
The office was sealed for security reasons as there are official documents related to Cross-LoC trade lying there. There were apprehensions that these documents could be stolen or damaged by mischievous elements.
The trade on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road was suspended two weeks ago following recovery of 66.5 kg of heroin valued at over Rs 300 crore from a truck coming from PoK on July 21.
The impasse was resolved at a meeting between officials of the two sides held at Kaman Post last week.
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