Jammu Tawi, Jan 8: Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) on Monday arrested two persons with contraband of heroin from Narwal area here.
As per the handout issued by the ANTF, two smugglers namely Mohd Amin of Billawar and Nasir Ali of Nakki Majalta Udhampur have been apprehended while sitting in a car from Narwal.
The ANTF official said that from their possession 260 grams of heroin was recovered which is a commercial quantity.
The ANTF had launched a crackdown against the drug smugglers to wipe out the menace of drug abuse from society under the program Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.
The Trap was laid by a team of P/S ANTF Jammu under the guidance of Shamsher Singh JKPS, DySP, SHO P/S ANTF Jammu and under overall supervision of SSP ANTF J&K, Raj Kumar.
A case has been registered and investigation started.
Inspector Varuneshwar Singh who is investigating the case shall work on forward/backward linkages and shall conduct financial investigation into the matter, it read
The ANTF Jammu has appealed to the general public, particularly the youth, to stay away from drugs and to share information regarding illicit drugs related activities so that strict legal actions may be taken against such drug dealers.
“The identity of the informant as well as whistleblower shall be kept confidential,” read the handout.
