Jammu, 13 November (H.S.): Police have busted an inter-state narcotics and illegal arms syndicate, arresting 10 persons, including key members of the Gataru gang, in coordinated operations across Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, an official said on Friday.

The arrests by Special Investigation Team (SIT) followed an investigation into an FIR recently registered at Police Station Vijaypur in Samba district under relevant provisions of the NDPS Act, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Arms Act, a police spokesperson said.

During the operation, police recovered five pistols, one country-made weapon, 27.66 grams of heroin, 17 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 23 grams of gunpowder, 113 pellets and four pellet caps, he said.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar