Inter-State narcotics network: JK Police, Punjab police arrests drug smuggler, seizes Rs 4.94 Cr

In a major blow to inter-State narcotics network, Jammu and Kashmir police and Punjab police on Wednesday arrested one drug smuggler from Mullanpur, Dakha and seized Rs 4.94 crore along with 38 fake vehicle number plates.In a post on X, DGP Punjab Police wrote,Big “Blow to inter-state narcotic network: J&K Police & Punjab Police, in a joint operation have apprehended one drug smuggler from Mullanpur Dakha and seized ₹4.94 crores along with 38 fake vehicle number plates and 1 revolver.”In another post he said, “the arrested person is one of the key accused in 30 kg heroin recovery made in Jammu recently. “Investigations ongoing to establish backward and forward linkages. Police said that the revolver was also recovered from the arrested person.wEarlier, two narcotic smugglers were arrested with 30-kg heroin worth crores of rupees from a vehicle in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on October 1. The recovery was made from a Punjab-bound vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway.