Two held for stealing seized articles including heroin from court complex in Rajouri
Rajouri/Jammu, Apr 8 (PTI) Two persons were arrested for stealing seized articles including four kilograms of heroin from a high-security court complex in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a senior police officer said on Saturday.
The theft inside the ‘Malkhana’ of the court complex had taken place on the intervening night of April 3 and 4, prompting the authorities to suspend five police personnel including an officer. Senior Superintendent of Police (Rajouri) Amritpal Singh said the accused have been identified as Mohd Showket Gujjar and Mohd Taj, both from Poonch district.
The stolen property including four packets of heroin worth crores of rupees in the international market, fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1 lakh and a mobile phone were recovered from Showket, he said.
