Crime

Heroin worth 1.5 Crore seized from ‘drug dealer’ in Awantipora

Awantipora: Anti-narcotic Task Force (ANTF) on Friday claimed to have seized contraband substance worth 1.5 crores from an alleged ‘notorious drug dealer’ at Malangpora Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

A statement in this regard issued reads that on receipt of specific information about a drug smuggling bid being carried out by a notorious drug dealer in a Maruti Suzuki car bearing Registration number JK-18 8056, the ANTF team swung into action and intercepted the suspicious car at Malangpora Awantipora.

The car, as per the statement, was searched and the driver apprehended which was followed by recovery of Herion-like substance worth market value of 1.5 Crores.

Identifying the apprehended ‘drug dealer’ as one Abdul Rasheed Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammed Bhat residence Larkipora in Awantipora, the statement reads further that an FIR has been registered in this regard under relevant sections of law and further investigations have been taken up.

More arrests are expected in this regard, the statements read further.

(Syndicated feed from GNS)

 

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