Srinagar: State Investigation Agency (SIA), Kashmir of Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted searches in north Kashmir’s Sopore area in connection with a narco-terrorism nexus case on Wednesday.
A statement of SIA issued here said that in a month-long chase of elusive leads to identify the lynchpin of a dangerous narco-terror module, SIA finally zeroed in on a woman who had overseen at least Rs 10 crore worth of narcotics and drugs smuggled into India from Pakistan.
The statement said that searches were conducted at her Sopore den and digital devices among other records having a bearing on the case were seized.
“The investigation into the secret dealings of this syndicate was done vide Case FIR No 19/2022 under Sections 8/21 of the NDPS Act, 13, 17, 18, 39, and 40 of the UA(P) Act registered at Police Station CIK (SIA) Kashmir,” the SIA statement said.
It said that preliminary investigations that triggered this investigation suggest that consignments of smuggled heroin and other narcotics and psychotropic substances were being partly sold in local markets.
The statement said that the bulk of the contraband, however, was further smuggled to other parts of the country for sale.
It said that the proceeds of the sale, as per initial findings were being brought back to Kashmir and used to finance terrorist and separatist organisations and terrorists to continue with terrorist and unlawful activities.
The SIA statement said that mobile devices, bank passbooks, a diary-type notebook, and Rs 1,99,800 cash were recovered from the house of the woman coordinator and were being examined for unravelling the details of the other members of the syndicate.
