Srinagar: Four packs of Heroin worth Crores were seized from a person at a checkpoint in the Uri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday, Police said.
A routine joint (checkpoint) Naka of Uri Police and 03 Rajput unit of the army was laid at AD Post, Police said in a statement.
"During the routine checking, 1 drug peddler namely Imtiyaz Ahmed Bhat, son of Mohammad Afzal Bhat, resident of Sahoora Uri tried to flee from the checkpoint but was caught along with 04 packets of the contraband," it said.
As per the statement, the recovery of Heroin is worth crores in the black market. A case under NDPS Act has been registered in Police Station Uri and an investigation was underway.
"People request people to come forward with information regarding Drug Peddlers in their areas so that the drug menace can be eradicated from society," reads the statement.
