Police on Tuesday arrested a wanted criminal and recovered a commercial quantity of a heroin-like substance, an illegal pistol and live ammunition from him, officials said.
A police team intercepted a suspicious person during a checkpoint near Railway Pul Narwal on the Narwalâ-Panama Chowk road.
Police said when the suspect noticed the police party and tried to evade the check, officers apprehended him. During the search, police recovered a Glock pistol loaded with three live rounds and approximately 266.35 grams of a heroin-like substance from him, they said.
Avneet Singh alias Nagi, a resident of Sundarpur in the RS Pura area of Jammu, failed to produce a valid licence or satisfactory explanation regarding possession of the contraband and the illegal firearm, police said.
A case has been registered at Bahu Fort police station, and an investigation is under way.
Officials said Singh is involved in 17 criminal cases related to the NDPS Act, Arms Act and other heinous offences registered at police stations, including RS Pura, Gharota, Miran Sahib, Satwari, Ramgarh and Pathankot’s Dinanagar.
Police said that during an earlier special naka at Miran Sahib, one of his associates, Jaanu, was injured while trying to flee.
