‘Man arrested, gem stones worth lakhs recovered’

The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday claimed to have arrested an alleged “smuggler” and recovered 63 pieces of “sapphire-like precious gem stones” from his possession, here in Banihal.

The police said, “On receiving information, a special checkpoint was laid at T-Chowk, Banihal. During checking, a man, coming from the Railway Station, was signaled to stop. On his search, 63 pieces of sapphire-like gem stones, worth several lakhs, were recovered from his bag.”

   

The man has been identified as Mohammad Shafi Zargar, the police said, adding that during preliminary investigation, the accused revealed that he bought the consignment from Anantnag and was planning to sell it in Jammu.

An FIR has been registered and further investigations are going on, they said.

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