New Delhi: The Army has recovered currency notes worth Rs 2.3 crore, foreign currency totaling $15,000 and seven kilograms of narcotics, which sources in the defense establishment say were ‘spatched from Pakistan across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch sector’ .
sources say He’s carrying a suitcase and three bags said forbiddenalong with a country pistol, It was recovered from the house of a person identified as Mohd Rafiq near Sathra village, about 8 km from the LoC. According to reportsThe recovered drug is likely to be heroin.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu, Mukesh Singh said, “A huge amount of narcotics and cash was recovered from the house of a drug peddler from Poonch.” Saying, Singh also informed that the police suspect the role of a narco-terrorist group operating in the Poonch sector which borders the LoC.
This is the latest in a series of busts linked to consignments of cash and drugs being sent across the border from Pakistan to India in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir.
Border Security Force (BSF) recovered narcotics between 2019 and 2021 more than 1,227 kg from near the International Border (IB) in Punjab. In 2022, ThePrint did informed of Drone infiltration from Pakistan into Punjab had almost doubled.
The recovery comes at a time when Pakistan is grappling with high inflation and a balance of payments crisis. Monthly inflation rose year-on-year to 31.6 per cent in February. notation Highest level since 1965.
Pakistan’s external debt has also reached $130 billion, which is about 95.39 percent of its GDP. reports It also suggests that the Pakistan Army is facing difficulties in providing food supplies and salaries to its soldiers.
(Editing by Amritansh Arora)