Sapphire smugglers

129 pieces of precious stone recovered

Sapphire smugglers gang busted, cop among 4 held

Kishtwar police today arrested a gang of smugglers in the state of blue sapphire and more appreciated arrested four of its members, including a police officer. Since taking office, 129 pieces of gems worth several hundreds of thousands of rupees were also recovered. 

Giving details, a police spokesman said that on the basis of specific information about smuggling remains Scarves sapphire mines, Kishtwar police launched an investigation quietly a few days ago for details about the traffickers involved in the looting of precious stones in the recent years. 

During the investigation, police learned that a Jeevan Singh, son of Mohan Lal Thakur, a resident of the scarf Affan, a police officer new recruits in the eighth Battalion currently published in Shopian IRP was the head of a trafficking gang involved in looting of the treasures of the mines blue bandana. 

As a result, their activities and the cell were monitored to obtain information about people agree with him the crime of smuggling of sapphire. As a result of significant evidence against the police, who was on leave, the police intercepted him along with three other people near the town of Kishtwar when traveling in a Maruti Alto car from scarves to Jammu. 

The four people were subject to registration for a special team of policemen led by dyspnea See, Kishtwar, and SI Anayat Abrar Hussain Chowdhary, InCharge SHO Kishtwar police station under the direct supervision of the SP Kishtwar, Bhim Sen everything. 

From the possession of four people, police recovered 129 pieces of sapphire crystal (74,860 grams) worth several hundred thousand rupees. Therefore, all were arrested along with relevant sections of the law. 

The other defendants were identified as Vinod Kumar, son of Gauri Lal Parihar, a resident of tissues kundal, Surjit Singh, son of Wazir Chand Thakur, a resident of the scarf Affan and Resh Kumar, son of Krishan Chand Thakur, a resident of kundal scarf. 

Police also recovered a number of vital documents such as business cards and letter pads gemstone cutters across the country in which the band would offer sapphire smuggling. 

Mobile phones seized by police from the accused were found containing the contact numbers of high-level traffickers out of state and photographs of different types of scarf sapphire, the spokesman said. 

A case under Article 5.4 of J & K Sapphire instrument recorded against them and launched further investigations, said the spokesman, did not rule out the possibility of more arrests and recovery of a wider dissemination of the smugglers arrested.

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