Two are charged in a narco-terrorism case by the SIA

According to sources, the Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) charged two individuals on Monday, one of whom was a terrorist affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The individuals were allegedly running a narco-terror finance structure inside the Union Territory.

According to what they claimed here, the charge sheet against Zaheed Ahmad Khoja and Zameer Ahmad Lone was submitted in the specially designated UA (P)A court under the NIA Act, citing the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

According to the authorities, Lone, a resident of the Kashmir Valley, is a current LeT terrorist who operates out of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. They said that Khoja was detained in September of last year when he was carrying a 3.565 kilogram shipment of heroin. The authorities said that the estimated worth of the drugs that were taken into custody was more than Rs 25 crore.

According to the SIA, Khoja, Lone, and members of terrorist groups had planned a criminal conspiracy to earn money by smuggling and selling illicit drugs over the border.

According to the CIA, money from the drug’s sale was used to finance terrorist activities and maintain the terror network.

According to the SIA, Khoja, Lone, and their friends sought to systematically promote communal discord via terrorist activities aimed at minority groups in Kashmir through talks using encrypted messaging services, all in furtherance of a bigger criminal conspiracy.

The agency claimed that “the terror funds were used for personal enrichment and for furtherance of terrorist acts, including setting a political party office on fire, residential homes of minority communities, and police personnel, as directed by various terrorist organizations.”