Paramilitary Soldier Among 3 Arrested For Pak-Linked Drug Trafficking

The arrests were made after the police seized over 11 kg of heroin and more than Rs 11 lakh at Rajbagh, an uptown neighbourhood in Srinagar

Three people including a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier have been arrested for running a crossborder drug smuggling racket in Jammu and Kashmir.

The arrests were made after the police seized over 11 kg of heroin and more than Rs 11 lakh at Rajbagh, an uptown neighbourhood in Srinagar.

The police said the seizure is worth Rs 70 crore in the international market.

During investigation, CRPF soldier Sajad Badana emerged as the kingpin of the narco smuggling racket from Pakistan.