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31kg narcotics recovered near Line of Control in Poonch, Jammu

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The army has recovered a massive consignment of drugs where 31 kg was recovered near the Line of Control in Jammu on Friday, Jan 21.

A joint team of Army and Police have recovered 31 kg narcotics near the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu-based defense spokesperson Lt Col Devender Anand confirmed the episode on Friday. “Based on inputs of likely smuggling of Narcotics through the Line of Control in Poonch, Army along with J&K Police launched relentless operations in the area,” he said.

The Colonel said the operations were backed with a well-integrated surveillance grid coupled with extensive domination of the areas close to the LoC. “On the intervening night of January 19 and 20, narcotics weighing approximately 31 kg was recovered during a search operation conducted close to the LoC,” Anand said.

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