Arms, narcotic smuggling bid foiled; 3 arrested
In Jammu and Kashmir, the Army today foiled a major attempt to smuggle arms and narcotics by arresting three people after an exchange of fire near the border fence along the Line of Control in Poonch district. An Army jawan and one of the arrested accused were injured in the firing at forward Karmara village in Gulpur sector on the LoC in the wee hours today. The alert army troops guarding the border picked up suspicious movement and challenged the persons which led to a gunfight.
The whole area was immediately cordoned off and three people, one of them in an injured condition, were arrested along with a consignment of narcotics and weapons, while an Army jawan was also injured. The arrested accused were identified as Mohd Farooq who received a bullet injury in his leg, Mohd Riaz and Mohd Zubair, all residents of Karmara. They are believed to have received the arms and narcotic consignment from across the border and were trying to smuggle it into this side when they were intercepted by the alert army troops. The seizure made from the arrested included an AK assault rifle, two pistols, six grenades, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted inside a pressure cooker and 20 packets of suspected heroin.
