Jammu, Sept. 5 -- In a sweeping crackdown that has sent shockwaves through Jammu and Kashmir's security establishment, the Narcotics Control Bureau's Jammu Zonal Unit has torn the lid off two separate - and deeply entrenched - heroin smuggling corridors feeding poison into the region, seizing a staggering 6.92 kilograms of the deadly drug in coordinated raids spanning Jammu, Samba, and even neighbouring Punjab.
The operation has exposed what officials describe as a sophisticated, multi-state trafficking machine with tentacles stretching from across the Pakistan border all the way to Punjab's Ludhiana - a chilling reminder of how narco-terror networks continue to exploit the region's porous frontiers.
At the heart of the bust lies a direct...