Jammu, July 18 -- In one of the biggest narcotics recoveries along the Line of Control (LoC) in recent years, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday seized five kilograms of high-grade heroin smuggled from across the border in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, officials said.
The seizure was made during a meticulously planned anti-drug operation in village Kosalyain, a forward village in Haveli tehsil, close to the LoC, they said.
The heroin, which had been smuggled from across the border, was meant to be transported further into the hinterland through an organised cross-border narcotics network.
The estimated international market value of the recovered heroin is over Rs 25 crore, making it one of the largest drug recoveries in the bor...