In biggest ever Cocaine haul in Punjab, Jammu youth held with 5.765 kg drugs in Pathankot

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Pathankot: In what may be called as the biggest ever recovery of narcotics in neighbouring Punjab state, Punjab Police arrested a youth hailing from Jammu and Kashmir and seized from him 5.765 kg of Cocaine worth crores of rupees in the international market,near Barth Sahib in Pathankot district.

Identifying the accused as Amit Sudan of Inder Nagar (Miran Sahib), Jammu, Pathankot SSP Surendra Lamba said that he was driving black coloured Creta No. JK-02CM-6600 which following secret information was intercepted by a police party headed by SP (Inv) Prabhjot Singh Virk, ASP Aditya and incharge CIA staff SI Surinder Singh.

Further investigations into the matter are in progress to trace forward and backward linkages, he added.