These 5 had foiled a major narco-smuggling bid in April in Makri village in Nowshera
4.94 Kg heroin was recovered by police from the cross border smugglers
Shyam Sood
Rajouri, June 14: Jammu & Kashmir Police rewarded five residents of forward village Makri in Nowshera subdivision of Rajouri district for their bravery & patriotic spirit as they foiled a major cross-border Narco smuggling bid in the month of April resulting in the recovery of 9.94 kg of heroin from the smugglers resident of the same village.
District Police Office Rajouri informed that Police Headquarters, UT of Jammu and Kashmir has sanctioned a reward money valuing 4 Lacs in favour of 5 border residents (names withheld) for their heroic display of brave and patriotic act.
The Narco smuggling bid was foiled in Village Makdi, a villages located ahead of Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System (AIOS) i.e LoC fence & all the five persons were member of Village Committee constituted to keep surveillance on the suspicious activities of some youths of border villages involved drug trade/smuggling.
On the first day the villagers & police had recovered 8.5 Kg heroin from three persons (smugglers) & next day Nowshera police recovered another consignment of heroin weighing 1.44 kg on their disclosure.
All the accused were booked in FIR No.36/2024 under sections 8/21/23 NDPS Act at Nowshera police station.
Alongside recoveries of narcotics, a major cross border smuggling racket has also been busted following the swift sharing of intel by felicitating these border residents.
Police said that as much as 4 smugglers have been arrested and interrogated so far, with continued efforts to unearth other linkages- transnational as well as those operating from their own side of LoC.
J&K Police has once again reiterated its firm resolve to carry forward its fight against transnational crimes especially narco, terror, and narco-terror crimes by seeking and motivating the general public’s active participation in noble cause.
