Police on Sunday claimed to have recovered 4 packs of Heroin worth Crores in the Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
In a handout to GNS, the police said that a routine joint Naka of Police Uri and 03 Rajput unit of the army was established at AD Post. During the routine checking, 1 drug peddler namely Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat, a resident of Sahoora Uri who on seeing the Naka party tried to evade arrest was apprehended and 04 packets of suspected contraband were recovered.
As per the statement, the recovery of Heroin is worth crores in the black market. A Case under NDPS Act has been registered in Police Station Uri and an investigation set in motion.
General People of Uri sub Division vision have once again hailed the efforts of Police and Army 3 Rajput and vouched to be always ready to support police to eradicate menace of Drugs from the society which is the real sign of Police Public relationship, they said.
People are requested to come forward with information regarding Drug Peddlers in their areas so that the drug menace can be eradicated from society, reads the statement._(GNS)