Jammu: An interstate drug smuggler was arrested in Samba district on Saturday along with heroin worth over Rs 4 crore in the international market, police said.
Liaqat Ali alias Lucky, a resident of Gurdaspur in Punjab, was arrested in Rajpura along the Jammu-Pathankot highway during a routine vehicle check, a police spokesperson said.
Ali had entered Samba from nearby Kathua district in his car. When the police searched his vehicle, they found 600 grams of heroin worth Rs 4 crore in the international market, the spokesperson added.
The vehicle and a mobile phone were also seized along with the heroin and a case was registered against Ali under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the police said.
