A village-level worker (VLW) in the Rural Development Department was arrested with over 10 kilograms of heroin worth crores of rupees in Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Friday.
The accused was arrested during routine checking by a joint team of Police and army on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway along with the narcotics weighing 10.4 kg recovered from his vehicle.
The accused identified as Mohammad Zahid Geelani son of Peer Hassan Din Geelani of Basgran Uri.