<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today recovered Rs. 91 lakh from an agricultural field from Gurwal village of Samba district. AIR Jammu Correspondent reports that the cash, concealed in a pit, was recovered at the instance of an accused, Romesh Kumar how was arrested earlier this month in a narco-terrorism case.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The NIA said, it recovered "proceeds of narcotics" in the early hours today and the investigation revealed that the arrested accused Romesh Kumar had received the cash proceeds of drugs from narco-smugglers based in Kashmir valley for self as well as for further channelization to different terrorist entities. Earlier, a case was registered in June 2020 in Kupwara district after&nbsp;20 lakh rupees and 2 kg heroin were recovered from a car during a vehicle checking on a bridge.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The car belonged to an accused, Abdul Momin Peer. The NIA took over the investigation on June 23, last year. Recently, the NIA had arrested five accused persons from Srinagar and Jammu and had taken them on remand for 15 days. Based upon examination and disclosure of arrested accused persons, the NIA conducted searches and recovered proceeds of narcotics smuggling to the tune of&nbsp;91 lakh rupees.</span><br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | March 12, 2021 8:28 PM
NIA recovers Rs. 91 lakh from agricultural field in J&K