20 Indian trucks, drivers detained in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir
Srinagar: Authorities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have detained over 20 drivers and their trucks carrying goods from this side to demand release of their truck and driver detained by Jammu and Kashmir Police for allegedly carrying
“We will convey to the authorities on the other side not to press with their demand as the law will have to be followed. An illegal act has taken place,” he added. As many as 114 packets of brown sugar were recovered from the truck from PoK.
The total weight of the seized contraband was around 100 kgs which is worth nearly Rs 100 crore in the international market, Govind Ratan, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Uri, had said.
The challan of the vehicle had mentioned almonds as the goods being imported from PoK, he had said.
This was the second incident of its type since the beginning of the cross-LoC trade between the divided parts of Kashmir in 2008.
In August last year, police recovered cocaine worth Rs 10 crore from a truck plying on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route, at Sheeri in Uri sector.
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