Cross-LoC trade: 66.5 kg of heroin recovered from a PoK truck in Uri

Baramulla, Jul 21 :  Huge cache of heroin was recovered from a truck, which had come from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) as a part of Cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade, police spokesperson said here tonight. 
The truck, which was part of the trade that started from 2008, had entered Kashmir valley through Aman Setu, peace bridge at Kaman Post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC in Uri sector today. 
He said acting on specific information about the transportation of narcotic drugs from POK to this side by means of cross LOC trade, a police team intercepted a truck at Trade Centre Salamabad, Uri. 
During checking, he said police recovered 66.5 kgs of narcotic drugs which appear to be heroin from the truck. 
“The drugs were hidden in fake cavities specifically fabricated for this purpose in boxes purportedly to contain mercantile goods,” he said. 
He said the driver of the truck, identified as Syed Yousuf, son of Ali Akbar, has been arrested. 
The estimated cost of the heroin is worth crores of rupees in the international market. 
In the past, heroin and other drugs were also recovered from the trucks from POK, leading to suspension of trade for some time. 
Recently, the National Investigation Team (NIT), which had registered a formal FIR in connection with terror funding in the valley, has also started investigation into cross LoC trade links. UNI