Troops guarding the line of control in North Kashmir's Tangdhar sector late Tuesday night foiled a major smuggling bid by recovering a drugs consignment worth Rs 50 crores. According to defence sources, troops initially foiled an infiltration bid in the forward area and also recovered a 10 kg of narco consignment worth 50 crores (approximately).
According to a Srinagar based Defence Spokesman Lt Col Emron Musavi, “late Tuesday night smugglers were spotted carrying the narcotics along the Line of Control. Indian Army & BSF troops detected a suspicious movement and challenged the smugglers probably accompanied by Pak based terrorists”.
He said, “the contact was near the LoC fence about 500m from the LoC. A brief exchange of fire took place in which one JCO of Indian Army sustained minor injuries. Detailed search in the morning led to recovery of the narcotics haul. The infiltrators managed to escape”, he added.
Defence Spokesman said, “this is the second consecutive busting of ‘Pak Sponsored Narco Terror Model’ in the past one week in the valley.”
Incidentally, he said, a 10 KG heroin consignment was recovered from the same general area a week ago in a joint operation. However, he said, this time smugglers were spotted carrying the narcotics along the LoC.
Narco and terrorist infiltration are known to be carried out through the Tangdhar bowl. The police are carrying out investigations to identify and arrest the network involved in the smuggling and infiltration attempt.
The Defence spokesman said, “security forces, police and intelligence agencies continue to carry out synergised actions to counter any effort to carry out infiltration or smuggling of weapons and contraband across the LoC”.