Police seize drone-dropped narcotics consignment in border village of Samba

Samba, July 26: The Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Saturday to have seized drone-dropped narcotics consignment in border area of Samba district in Jammu region.

The officials said that on the intervening night of 25/26-07-2025, Samba police recovered narcotics consignment dropped by a drone from across the border at village Chillyari, Tehsil Rajpura in district Samba.

They said the consignment was wrapped in yellow tape and was lying in open field at village Chillyari along the international border. The recovered consignment was heroin-like substance weighing about 498 grams approximately and was seized by the police.

A search operation was immediately launched in the area after the recovery of drone-dropped narcotics consignment, the said.

They added that a case FIR No. 77/2025 U/S 8/21/22 NDPS Act, 13 UAPA Act has been registered at Police Station Ghagwal and investigation has been started.