An Indian army officer was arrested in India-held Kashmir with eight kilogrammes of heroin worth Rs400 million in the international market on Sunday, a top police officer confirmed on Monday.

According to the Kashmir Media Service, the Inspector General (IG) of Police SD Singh Jamwal said that the officer was arrested on Sunday with heroin bearing Afghan markings. The consignment, headed for Delhi, was the second major haul recovered in the past three days, IG Jamwal added.

The accused was an Indian army official of the Light Infantry Regiment and attached with the army headquarters in Delhi.

The officer has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.