Cop among four people caught with heroin

Punjab Police on Sunday arrested four people in Amritsar, including a constable of the Jammu and Kashmir police, and recovered one kilogram of heroin from their possession.

Punjab Police on Sunday arrested four people here, including a constable of the Jammu and Kashmir police, and recovered one kilogram of heroin from their possession.

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The drug haul is worth Rs.10 million in the international market, an official said.

The arrested constable, identified as Sajid Mahmood, is a resident of a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district.

The special narcotics cell of Punjab Police arrested three other smugglers along with him. A police team apprehended them while they were waiting in a car for someone to take the heroin consignment from them.

They were nabbed from near the Kathunangal bus stand in rural Amritsar district.