Heroin worth crores recovered

Excelsior Correspondent

Srinagar, Nov 20: Security forces today recovered four packs of heroin worth crores of rupees in Uri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
A police spokesman said that a routine joint naka of Uri Police and 3 Rajput unit of Army was established at AD Post. “During the routine checking, one drug peddler Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat son of Mohammad Afzal Bhat resident of Sahoora Uri who on seeing the naka party tried to evade arrest was apprehended and four packets of suspected contraband were recovered,” he said.
He said the recovery of heroin is worth crores in black market. A case under NDPS Act has been registered in Police Station Uri and investigation set in motion.