Man arrested with drugs worth Rs 50 lakh

Jammu: A man has been arrested with 500 grams of heroin from Kishtwar district, police said today.

On receiving specific inputs, a police team set up a check point at Bimarnag near Hadyal area and intercepted a man of Kishtwar on basis of suspicion.

Police frisked him and seized 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 50 lakh in international market. The man has been identified as Mohammed Rafiq, a resident of Kishtwar's Sarawan Thakrie area.

A case has been registered against him under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, they said.

Initial probe suggests that the accused had received the consignment from somewhere in adjoining Doda district.