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Five held after heroin seized from IHK-bound consignment
[DAWN] MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities in Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK) tossed in the slammerDrop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! on Tuesday five people associated with intra-Kashmire trade for alleged attempt to smuggle drugs to India-held Kashmire from the Chakothi-Uri crossing point. According to retired Major Tahir Kazmi, Trade Facilitation Officer (TFO) at the Chakothi terminal, they grew suspicious during the manual scanning of a truck, and finally seized 352 packets of heroin, weighing 51.7kg. The contraband item was concealed in two of the 22 rolls, he said. Mr Kazmi told Dawn that after the recovery of heroin from the first roll, he instantly called his seniors, retired Brig Tahir Hameed Mallick and retired Col Shahid, Director General and Director, respectively, of Cross-LoC Travel and Trade Authority, as well as Deputy Commissioner Abdul Hameed Kiani and Senior Superintendent of Police Riaz Haider Bukhari of Jhelum valley district to the terminal and the ensuing developments took place in their presence. Posted by: Fred 2017-09-21 |
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