| Narco-militancy module busted in Uri Baramulla, two persons arrested | | Contraband worth Rs18 crore seized: Police | |  S TAHIR-UL HAQ
Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Feb 5: Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a Narco- Militancy module by arresting two people along with contraband worth Rupees 18 Crore in this north Kashmir district.
According to a police statement, on Saturday Feb 5, a police party of Police Station Uri and Police Post Kamalkote headed by SHO Police station Uri were patrolling the area from Dachi towards Basgran.
During the patrolling two vehicles Celero-X bearing registration no: JK09C-1584 and Alto bearing registration no: JK05G-0247 were found on a link road towards Dachi in a suspicious condition, said police statement.
It said that, the Police patrolling party moved towards the vehicles, but the drivers of both the vehicles saw the Police patrolling party and tried to flee away from the spot however due to the timely action of the Police party, both the persons were apprehended tactfully.
According to the Police spokesman, both the vehicles were searched accordingly, during the search three packets of contraband apparently Heroine was recovered from Celerio vehicle and five packets of contraband apparently Heroin was recovered from Alto vehicle.
In total 08 packets of contraband weighing approximately about 09 Kgs were recovered, adding the cost of the contraband in black market is above rupees 18 Crores, the police spokesperson said.
Statement further said that, both the persons were questioned on the spot, during questioning the driver of the alto car revealed his name as Mohd Sabir Barwal son of Faqeer Ali resident of Jabda Kamalkote Tehsil Uri and Driver of the Celerio car revealed his name as Parvaiz Ahmad Tantray son of Ghulam Nabi Tantray resident of Reban Rafiabad Sopore, they said.
During their personal search of mobile phones, one cheque to the tune of rupees Rs 5, 00,000/-) five lacs and one Adhaar Card was recovered from the possession of Mohd Sabir Barwal, said police statement.
Seven cheques amounting to Rs 9,79,500/- two blank cheques, 01 cheque book containing 22 leaves, one Adhaar card, one cell phone, pan card, e-sharam card, 02 ATM cards, 01 Kisan Card,01 Debit Card and other documents were recovered from the possession of Parvaiz Ahmad Tantary.
In this regard, FIR No: 17/2022 U/S 8/21-29 NDPS Act has been registered and investigation taken up, reads the statement. |
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