522g heroin accused escapes NCB custody in Jammu, manhunt launched
Authorities have launched a manhunt and intensified checks after Aqib Bashir escaped NCB custody, while the wider investigation has led to 6.920 kg of heroin seizures.
- On Monday, suspected drug peddler Aqib Bashir escaped from Narcotics Control Bureau custody in Jammu during the night between Sunday and Monday, triggering a regional manhunt and intensified checking operations.
- The NCB arrested Bashir on September 3 after recovering 522 grams of heroin from a passenger bus in Samba district as part of a month-long operation investigating trafficking routes into Jammu and Kashmir.
- Officials uncovered two smuggling routes—one through the Uri sector from Pakistan and another through Punjab—with the agency seizing 6.920 kg of heroin and arresting six accused persons in four interceptions.
- Following the escape, officials intensified frisking and vehicle checks at key entry and exit points across the region. An inquiry is underway to determine responsibility for the security lapse at the NCB facility.
- Search operations are deployed at various locations to trace and apprehend Bashir, while the escape raises questions over security arrangements at the NCB facility where he was held.
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Drug peddler escapes from NCB custody – 4 days after arrest in high-profile J&K operation
Arrest was part of month-long operation in Jammu division that helped expose two distinct routes allegedly being used by narcotic smugglers to push heroin into J&K — directly from Pakistan through Uri sector, and indirectly via Punjab
522g heroin accused escapes NCB custody in Jammu, manhunt launched
Jammu, Sep 07: A man arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) with 522 grams of heroin in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir has escaped from the agency’s custody in Jammu, triggering a manhunt and intensified checking across the region. The accused has been identified as Aqib Bashir, a resident of Kakapora in Pulwama district. According to officials, Bashir escaped from NCB custody at Narwal during the intervening night of Sunday and Mon…
Drug Peddler Escapes NCB Custody In Jammu, Search Operation Underway
<p>A suspected drug peddler escaped from the custody of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Jammu, prompting authorities to launch an alert and intensify search and checking operations across the region, officials said on Monday.</p> <p>Aqib Bashir, a resident of Kakapora in Pulwama district, was arrested by the NCB on September 3 after 522 grams of heroin was allegedly recovered from his possession on a passenger bus in Samba district.</p> <p…
NCB maps Pakistan-linked Punjab and Kashmir corridors after twin heroin seizures in Jammu region
Two narcotics operations within a fortnight have pointed to separate routes allegedly used to move heroin into Jammu, officials said, one through Punjab and another originating across the Line of Control and entering through Uri in north Kashmir. In the latest case, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) teams intercepted a Jammu-bound bus near the New Bus Stand in Samba on September 3. The bus was coming from Punjab when officials said they recovered 5…
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