STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: An inter-state narco-terror module was busted and its four members were arrested in Kupwara district, police said on Saturday.
They said around eight kilograms of heroine-like substance and cash was seized during the operation.
In a major success against inter-state narco-terror smuggling syndicate originating from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), security forces arrested four smugglers involved in running the module, a police official said.
He said acting on a tip-off that a Punjab-based narco-smuggler has arrived in the district at a pre-decided location to take a consignment of narcotics, a search operation was launched in the Zurhama area of Trehgam.
During the operation, four persons were arrested when they were in the process of exchanging smuggled narcotics and cash among themselves, the official said.
He identified them as Yousuf Bokra, a resident of Rashanpora Kralpora; Showkat Ahmad Khatana, a resident of Meliyal Kupwara; Maroof Ahmad Mir, a resident of Jumagad and at present living at