Shivam Bakshi
Jammu, Oct 21 (NVI): Jammu Police have seized 804 grams of heroin and 1.114 kg of opium in the R S Pura area and arrested one person in connection with an alleged cross-border drug smuggling module involving drones, officials said on Wednesday.
The recovery was made under Operation Sanjeevani following an investigation into a case registered on October 20 after police received information about the alleged consumption of narcotics by Sunny Kumar (26), a resident of Kotli Mirdian in Suchetgarh tehsil of Jammu district, near a ditch in his village.
Police registered an FIR under Sections 8 and 27 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at R S Pura police station and initiated an investigation.
During questioning, the accused’s alleged links to a narcotics smuggling network connected with a drone-dropping incident came to light, police said.
Acting on the leads developed during the investigation, a police team led by the Station House Officer (SHO) of R S Pura recovered 804 grams of heroin and 1.114 kg of opium from the Talhar village area in Sector Arnia, they said.—(NVI)
