J&K: 40 kgs of heroin, brown sugar seized from truck on LoC

In one of the biggest drug hauls in Jammu and Kashmir, police today recovered 40 kgs of heroin and brown sugar worth Rs 200 crore from a truck coming from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir at Salamabad trade facilitation centre in the town of Uri on the LoC, police said.
"So far, around 40 kilograms of narcotics have been recovered from a truck coming from PoK for the cross-LoC trade at Salamabad," Senior Superintendent of Police, Baramulla, Imtiyaz Hussain told PTI.
Hussain said the narcotics were hidden in wooden boxes in the truck and were found during checking of the vehicle.
"We are carrying out thorough searches of the vehicles to ensure that no narcotic substance is slipped through," he said.

The officer said most of the narcotic substance seized seems to be high-quality heroin while some quantity of brown sugar forms the rest of the contraband consignment.
"Given that one kilo of heroin goes for anything around Rs 5 crore, the consignment was expected to fetch Rs 200 crore if it had reached the market," he added.

Police have detained the vehicle's driver for questioning. He is a resident of Chakoti in PoK.
Investigations have been set in motion to identify the people involved in this drug trade.
In February, 2015, the cross-Line of Control trade was suspended for several days after a Pakistani driver was arrested following recovery of 300 packets of narcotics from his vehicle at Uri.