Srinagar, May 28 (KDC): Police on Saturday said that they have arrested a woman among three persons after recovering two IEDs and seven packets of heroin like substance from a vehicle during a naka checking at Sadhna Top in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
A police spokesperson in a statement said that a joint team of Police and Army 7 RR recovered huge quantity of narcotics and IED from a vehicle during a routine check-up at Sadhna Top.
Late in the evening on May 27, during a routine naka checking by Police & Army at NC Pass (Sadhna Pass), one LP truck bearing registration JK01AN-8218 driven by Imtiyaz Ahmad son of Habibullah Khan, a resident of Chitterkote Karnah was put to sustained checking and search, said the police in the statement, adding that during search of the vehicle, seven packets of heroin like narcotics substance weighing about seven Kgs and two IEDs were recovered from the possession of three persons namely Imtiyaz Ahmad son of Habibullah Khan, Ghulam Nabi son of Ashiq Ali and Shams Begam wife of Zakir Hussain, all residents of Chitterkote Tanghdar.
“From the initial investigations, it has transpired that the trio was transporting the narcotics & IEDs to other parts of the valley to aid and promote terrorist activities,” said the police spokesperson.
In this regard, a case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Karnah, the police added. (KDC)
