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Crime
J&K Man Arrested for Using Kanpur Courier in Drug Smuggling Plot
✍️ NDTV
🗓 10 Aug 2026, 09:37 PM
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A Jammu & Kashmir resident was arrested after authorities traced a drug shipment sent via a Kanpur courier to his ex‑lover’s husband.
Police in Jammu & Kashmir have detained a local resident following a drug smuggling investigation that traced a shipment sent through a courier service based in Kanpur.
Investigators say the package was addressed to the husband of the suspect’s former lover, and contained a quantity of narcotics that was intercepted at a transit point.
The arrested individual is accused of arranging the delivery through the courier network to conceal the movement of the drugs and avoid detection by law‑enforcement agencies.
The case is now under the purview of the Narcotics Control Bureau, and the suspect faces charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Authorities are probing the extent of the network and whether other parties were involved in the smuggling operation.
Investigators say the package was addressed to the husband of the suspect’s former lover, and contained a quantity of narcotics that was intercepted at a transit point.
The arrested individual is accused of arranging the delivery through the courier network to conceal the movement of the drugs and avoid detection by law‑enforcement agencies.
The case is now under the purview of the Narcotics Control Bureau, and the suspect faces charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
Authorities are probing the extent of the network and whether other parties were involved in the smuggling operation.