305 kg heroin smuggling case: Gujarat ATS nabs another accused from Kashmir with suspected links with terrorists

Ahmedabad: The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police has arrested another accused of the 305 kg Heroin smuggling case from his native Kashmir.

SP of ATS Himanshu Shukla today said that Manzoor Ahmed Mir (45) has been nabbed. He is a native of Badgam in Kashmir and has suspected links with terror outfit Jaish-E-Mohammed which was yet to be verified.

He had financial role in the case ie he had provided money for smuggling of Heroin. He had also visited Gujarat (Unjha) thrice.

A team of ATS would bring him here tonight for further investigation.

Shukla said that it was in all 5 th arrest in the sensational case and 2 more accused were still at large.

On August 12, the ATS along with local police had arrested one Aziz Bhaghadh in Sodsala village in Jam Salaya taluka of Devbhoomi-Dwarka district of Gujarat and seized 5 kg Heroin worth around Rs 15 crore from him. Later on his info another man Rafiq Sumra was arrested. It was revealed that Around 300 kg of Heroin worth Rs 900 crore was smuggled from Pakistan via Dubai sea route in Mandvi and sent to the spice hub town of Unjha in Mehesana district of North Gujarat from where it was smuggled to Pujab hidden in the trucks of cumin.

Arshad Sotta alias Raju Dubai, one of the main accused who worked as a link between suppliers of heroin from Pakistan via Dubai and the Indian buyers, was nabbed near Sonauli border of Nepal on the basis of a tip off by the ATS on October 1. He is a native of Mandavi in Kutch.

Earlier on September 16 Nazir Ahmed Thaker , was nabbed from Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir. He had also come thrice to Unjha in North Gujarat to take 50, 50 and 200 kg of Heroin (worth over 900 crores) for delivery in Punjab.

2 more accused including one Simranjeet who also has links with Pakistan, are still at large.

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