Jammu: Police on Tuesday arrested a “wanted criminal” and recovered a commercial quantity of a heroin-like substance, an illegal pistol and live ammunition from his possession, officials said.
A police team intercepted a suspicious person during a checkpoint near Railway Pul Narwal on the Narwal–Panama Chowk road.
Police said when the suspect noticed the police party and attempted to evade the check, officers apprehended him. During the search, police recovered a Glock pistol loaded with three live rounds and approximately 266.35 grams of a heroin-like substance, including polythene packets, from his possession, they said.
The accused Avneet Singh alias Nagi, son of Vikram Singh, a resident of Sundarpur in the RS Pura area of Jammu failed to produce any valid licence or satisfactory explanation regarding possession of the contraband and the illegal firearm, police said.
A case has been registered at Police Station Bahu Fort, and an investigation is underway.
Officials said Singh is involved in 17 criminal cases related to the NDPS Act, Arms Act and other heinous offences registered at police stations, including RS Pura, Gharota, Miran Sahib, Satwari, Ramgarh and Pathankot’s Dinanagar.
Police said during an earlier special naka in Miran Sahib, one of his associates, Jaanu, had sustained injuries while attempting to flee.
