Police detained a truck driver on Sunday after heroin weighing more than 21 kg was seized from his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar nat💙ional highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur.
"During the checking of vehicles at Zero Point on the highway at Chenani, a truck coming from Kashmir and driven by Kulwiꦉnder Singh of Punjab's Nawanshahr was intercepted," Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh said.
On a search of the vehicle, 18 packets of heroin,🧸 weighing 🐻around 21.5 kg, were seized, he added.
The seized contraband is worth crores of ru💜pees in the international market, the officer said. The truck driver has been detained and is being questioned, he added.
(With PTI Inputs)
