Drone-dropped heroin seized in J&K’s Kathua, 2 persons with links to Pakistan arrested | India News
Jammu: Police arrested two cross-border drug traffickers in connection with drone-delivered drug modules in Pakistan and seized around 150 grams of heroin from their possession in Kathua district of J&K. Kathua police registered a case and booked the two persons under the NDPS Act.The police received information about a drone drop incident at the J&K-Punjab border near Kathua Nagri district and launched an investigation. The first accused, Jatin from Kotmanwar, Pathan, was arrested with the help of technical analysis and CCTV footage. Police said further investigation led them to Danish Dogra, a resident of Jahbal, Kathua.Police said preliminary investigations revealed that the accused contacted a Pakistani smuggler via Internet phone calls and received heroin, which was to be sold to vulnerable youths for monetary gain. Further investigations are underway to identify the entire smuggling network and forward links.Police are asking citizens to come forward with any information and cooperate with authorities in the fight against drugs.
