J&K Police seize record 33 kg heroin haul in JammuA plane crash in the Brazilian state of São Paulo has claimed the lives of all 61 people on board. The twin-engine turboprop aircraft, an ATR 72-500, was en route from Cascavel in Paraná to Guarulhos Airport in São Paulo city when it tragically crashed in the town of Vinhedo, according to Voepass airline.
Footage shared on social media shows the plane spiralling downwards in a vertical descent before impacting a residential area. The aircraft was carrying 57 passengers and four crew members. Local authorities have confirmed that there were no survivors.Police said that on Friday, Police Station Bus Stand, Jammu, received reliable information that a resident of Punjab was coming from Akhnoor towards Bus Stand with a huge consignment of heroin-like substance.
“A special checkpoint was laid by the team of Police Station Bus Stand and the suspect was apprehended tactfully with a bag carrying 26 packets of heroin-like substance,” Police said.
It said that the recovered heroin-like substance weighed around 33 kg.
Police said that a case under FIR No 41/2024 under Sections 8, 21, and 22 of the NDPS Act had been registered at Police Station Bus Stand and an investigation had been started.
“Prima facie it appears that the accused obtained the consignment from border areas and was taking it to Punjab,” Police said. “Further investigation is underway to unearth the forward and backward linkages and the complete picture.”
