Amritsar, September 7
Following the interrogation of two Kashmir residents nabbed in connection with the seizure of 17 kg heroin in Pathankot 10 days ago, the rural police in a joint operation with the Army seized drug proceeds to the tune of Rs 1.64 crore from Rajouri district of Jamp;K.
Rs1.64 cr Proceeds
- Following revelations by the accused, the police in a joint operation with the Army have seized drug proceeds to the tune of Rs1.64 crore from Rajouri
- Earlier, the police recovered Rs29.5 lakh of drug money from the residence of two accused.
Earlier, the police had seized Rs 29.5 lakh of drug money from the residence of Sikander Hayatt and Zaffar Hussain. Rs 1.64 crore was recovered from the house of their third accomplice Mansur Hussain, who was yet to the arrested.
Acting on a tip-off, the Amritsar rural police had seized 17 kg heroin in the Madhopur area of Pathankot on August 27, while arresting a cabbie, Ranjit Singh Sonu. His interrogation led to the arrest of two prisoners ndash; Ranjit Singh Rana lodged in Faridkot jail and Malkeet Singh from Muktsar jail. Their interrogation further led to the arrest of Sikander and Zaffar from the Nowshehra area, while Mansur remained absconding. Sonu had picked the drug consignment from duo (Sikander and Zaffar).
DGP Dinkar Gupta said: “Following inputs of Sonu, a police team from Punjab with the support of Jamp;K Police arrested Sikandar and Zaffar on August 29. Later, on the disclosures of Sikandar and Zafar, the police teams from Punjab had also recovered Rs 29.5 lakh drug money from their home at Nowshera.” He said after their revelations, the police on Saturday recovered 4 kg more heroin. — TNS
Pathankot drug seizure leads to more recovery from JK
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