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| LoC trade suspended in Kashmir after drug seizure |
| 2015-02-08 |
| Islamabad -- Trade activity through the Chakothi sector remained suspended for the second day on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday after Indian authorities allegedly seized drugs from a truck carrying oranges on the Muzaffarabad-Srinagar road. Cross border trade came to a halt at LoC after Indian authorities impounded 22 trucks carrying trading goods from Pakistan. Indian authorities claim that heroin was being smuggled in the trucks carrying boxes of oranges. The Azad Kashmir Trade and Travel Authority (Tata) also declined to return 50 trucks coming from India through Kashmir. Tata officials confirmed the intra-Kashmir trade embargo and claimed that under an agreement between the two countries, authorities in India-occupied Kashmir are obliged to return the trucks carrying trading merchandise. The officials further said that until and unless Indian authorities provided evidence with regard to the drug smuggling allegation and return the 22 seized trucks, the 50 trucks held by them will not be permitted to return. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Crush the trucks, junkyard-style, then return them. Keep the oranges & smack, of course... |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-02-08 00:21 |