KULGAM — Police arrested three persons, including a husband-wife duo, and recovered around seven grams of heroin-like substance from a vehicle during naka checking on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway in Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said.
The vehicle, bearing registration number PB-01-B-2046, was intercepted near the North Portal of the Navyug Tunnel while travelling from Jammu towards Srinagar, they said.
The three occupants, including a husband-wife duo and the driver, were apprehended following the recovery. They were identified as Mehreen alias Anna Aaqib Ganai, Aaqib Shafi Ganai, both residents of Panthachowk in Srinagar, and Zubair Ahmed Sofi, a resident of Buchpora in Srinagar.
Preliminary verification revealed that Aaqib Shafi Ganai was previously involved in two cases registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, officials said.
A case (FIR No. 271/2026) has been registered at Police Station Kulgam under relevant sections of law, and further investigation is underway to establish the source and intended destination of the recovered substance and identify possible links in the drug trafficking network. — (KIMS)