Sanjay Pandita
Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 19: The recovery of two foreign-made pistols from a youth in Nowshera has lent fresh credence to intelligence inputs suggesting that Pakistan-based terror handlers are increasingly using drug trafficking networks to funnel arms into different parts of Jammu and Kashmir. According to official reports, a joint patrolling team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Indian Army apprehended Sachin Kumar alias Pamma, a resident of Sehar village near the Line of Control (LoC), from the Raipur area of Nowshera in Rajouri district.
During the search, security personnel recovered two sophisticated foreign-origin pistols — one manufactured in Turkey and the other in China — along with four magazines and 15 live rounds of ammunition. Police have registered a formal case against the accused, and further investigation is in progress.
Preliminary interrogation of the accused has r Preliminary interrogation of the accused has revealed that he had allegedly received the weapons consignment from across the border.
He was on his way to deliver it to another contact when the joint team intercepted him.
In an official statement, police said the arrest was made on the basis of specific intelligence inputs during a joint operation with the Army’s 54 Rashtriya Rifles (Romeo Force). Investigators have also found that the accused was in direct touch with a Pakistan-based cross-border narco-terror operative, indicating a deeper conspiracy.
Among the seized weapons are a Turkey-made TISAS Zigana 9mm pistol with three magazines and a Chinese .30 bore TT-30 Norinco pistol with one magazine, besides 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition.
Police have registered FIR No. 37/2026 at Police Station Nowshera under relevant sections of law. Officials said the probe is now focused on identifying the wider network involved in the cross-border narco-terror supply chain. | 