Jammu, Aug. 23 -- A drug smuggler was arrested here with heroin worth Rs 50 lakh, Border Security Force (BSF) said on Saturday.
The smuggler was apprehended in a joint search operation by BSF troops and Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) sleuths from Miran Sahib near the International Border on August 22, the border guarding force said in a post on X.
The person is being questioned and some more arrests and recoveries are expected, they said.
Separately, a drug peddler, hailing from Punjab, was arrested here with over 40 kg of poppy straw, police said on Saturday.
The accused, Gurmeet Singh, was driving an oil tanker when he was stopped by the police during routine checking at Nadal-Manwal along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Friday,...