{
  "id": 5878309,
  "title": "Two routes, one destination: How heroin is entering Jammu from Punjab and Kashmir",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/two-routes-one-destination-how-heroin-is-entering-jammu-from-punjab",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T01:20:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/two-routes-one-destination-how-heroin-is-entering-jammu-from-punjab-and-kashmir-10865004/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two large heroin seizures in the past two weeks have shown that the drug is being transported into Jammu from both the Line of Control in Kashmir and neighbouring Punjab. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has identified two distinct routes - one through the Punjab-Jammu corridor and another via Uri in North Kashmir.\n\nIn a recent operation, 522 grams of heroin were seized from a passenger on a bus travelling from Punjab to Jammu near Samba on September 3. This led authorities to Ludhiana, where another 197 grams were found in a follow-up raid on September 4. Aqib Bashir from Pulwama's Kakapora was subsequently arrested.\n\nEarlier this month, the NCB also intercepted a 5.160 kg heroin shipment heading for Jammu from Pakistan via the Uri sector. That consignment resulted in the arrest of three locals in Leh, Ladakh. Collectively, the two operations have netted over 6.920 kg of heroin.\n\nThe NCB is intensifying its anti-narcotics efforts, launching multiple raids simultaneously to track the entire drug trafficking network. They aim to identify key players, financiers, and cross-border links. Further investigations are ongoing to trace the origins and destinations of these drug shipments.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Two heroin routes identified: Punjab-Jammu corridor and Uri in North Kashmir.",
    "5.160 kg heroin shipment intercepted from Pakistan via Uri in early September."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The Narcotics Control Bureau's twin seizures indicate a widening of heroin trafficking routes into Jammu, with Kashmir and Punjab now both being used as entry points for smugglers.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "Two routes, one destination: How heroin is entering Jammu from Punjab and Kashmir",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/two-routes-one-destination-how-heroin-is-entering-jammu-from-punjab-5879828",
        "published": "2026-09-06T01:20:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}