Village Defence Committee (VDC) member and residents from his village thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics across the border, leading to the apprehension of 3 individuals and the confiscation of 8.50 kilograms of heroin in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Thursday.
The police team has nabbed three of the four identified accused.
The VDC member is a resident of Makri village, which falls ahead of the Anti-Infiltration Obstacle System (AIOS), referred to as the LoC fence, in Rajouri's Nowshera sector.
The police officials said in a statement that the VDC member raised an alarm after noticing 4 persons carrying a bag and moving suspiciously in the forward village.
Other residents of the village reached there and a scuffle took place where they caught hold of a bag containing a heroin-like substance, it said.
The suspects were identified as Naveen Kumar, Sukhvinder, Davinder alias Munna, and Shubam, all residents of Village Makri, the statement said.
The consignment of heroin weighing around 8.5 kg was seized instantly and it is estimated to cost ₹58 crores in the international market, it said.
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