With the steps taken to combat terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan-sponsored narco-terrorism has emerged as yet another big challenge for the security agencies in the region.
Indian Coast Guard (ICG), in a joint operation with Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad, apprehended a Pakistani boat on Monday with 10 crew in Indian waters carrying arms, ammunition and approximately 40 kgs of Narcotics worth Rs 300 crores.
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has apprehended a Pakistani Boat 'Al Soheli' with 10 crew in Indian waters carrying arms, ammunition, and approx 40 kgs of narcotics worth Rs 300 crores, officials said on Monday.
The arrested smugglers identified as Dalbir and Jagdish, both residents of Gharinda in Amritsar, were engaged in drug trafficking for the last three years and have no criminal case registered against them, according to a statement from Information and Public Relations Department, Punjab.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested 17 persons, including five policemen, a political activist, a contractor and a shopkeeper, from different areas of Kupwara and Baramulla disricts after unearthing a narcotics smuggling module originating from Pakistan, it informed through a statement.
The Mumbai Police's Anti Narcotics Cell of Ghatkopar unit on Friday arrested a drug peddler and recovered high-quality cocaine drugs from his possession.
The narco test report of Aaftab Amin Poonawala, who is accused of murdering his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar, has been prepared, said the forensic team on Friday.
The three accused, including expelled BJP leader's son Pulkit Arya, in the Ankita Bhandari murder case on Thursday refused to undergo narco and polygraph tests after filing the charge sheet.