Jammu: J&K police and BSF soldiers on Saturday seized over 6 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 40 crore suspected to have been dropped by Pakistani drones near the international border at RS Pura in Jammu.“After receiving information about a drone dropping supplies from the border, soldiers of BSF’s 165th battalion and J&K police launched a joint operation. During the search, the drugs were found at Nai Basti Karotana village in RS Prabhaspur district,” an official said.The contraband was wrapped in yellow polythene bags, the official said, adding that local police received information about suspicious drone activity late on Friday night.Security sources described the seizure as a “major achievement” in the fight against drug trafficking. A day earlier, police in Kathua, about 85 kilometers away, arrested two people on suspicion of smuggling heroin dropped by Pakistani drones in the border area.“Further investigation is on to trace the exact source and destination of the contraband. The police are thoroughly investigating the forward and backward linkages of the case,” officials from RS Pura said.In Kathua, the two men jailed on Friday were identified as Danish Dogra, a local, and Jatin of Pathankot in neighboring Punjab state. They are accused of smuggling 150 grams of heroin and communicating with a peddler in Pakistan through a VoIP call.On December 23 last year, Kathua police arrested four people, including a drug dealer in connection with Pakistan’s drone-delivered drug module. The cash they seized included Rs 5 lakh in cash and over 400 grams of heroin, which was allegedly dropped by drone at Chhan Tanda, a border village in Hiranagar district.
