The Special Investigation Agency (SIA) has snagged two more individuals alleged to be part of a cross-border narcotics syndicate linked to terror funding. Selection grade constable Saif-ud-din of Jammu and former sarpanch Farooq Ahmad Jungal from Uri, Baramulla, bring the total number of accused in the case to 17.
This operation follows SIA’s investigation into a Hawala case involving former minister Jatinder Singh (“Babu Singh”) caught in April 2022 with cash linked to the illegal money transfer system.
The SIA has already charged 12 individuals, including Singh, with 9 in custody and 3 suspected members missing, believed to be in Pakistan.
SIA officers seized electronic devices while raiding the policeman’s home in Belicharana, furthering their efforts to dismantle the network supplying drugs for anti-national activities. Notably, this policeman had previously been arrested with heroin under the NDPS Act.
The arrests of Chechi and the others exposed the syndicate’s modus operandi, with Chechi allegedly smuggling drugs across the Line of Control to generate terror funds.
