Police Bust Arms-And-Narcotics Racket In Kashmir's Uri, 2 Arrested

Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers from Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri region near the Line of Control today and recovered firearms, ammunition and a large number of narcotics from their possession. The suspects – one of whom is a woman – were arrested on the basis of intelligence inputs on an arms-and-narcotics smuggling racket near the Dulanga area in Uri’s Kamalkote. Police said they first recovered two packets of brown sugar (an adulterated form of heroin) from the two suspects, and after interrogating the two, learned that the woman had some more concealed in a cowshed near her house. A sum of Rs. 3.28 lakh was also recovered from her possession.

Further investigation resulted in the recovery of nearly two kg of brown sugar from a nearby forest, besides live rounds and magazines. A case has been registered at the Uri police station, and further investigation is on. The drug problem in Kashmir is second only to terrorism, given how neighboring Pakistan sees the narcotics trade as a viable option to fund its operatives. Drugs worth hundreds of crores have been seized near the line of control in the last two years.

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