Srinagar, May 06 (KNO): In the relentless crackdown against drug trafficking and dismantling the illegal narcotics network, Srinagar Police on Tuesday said to have booked four notorious drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act).
These drug peddlers namely Tawfeeq Ahmad Khan S/o Mohammad Ayoub Khan R/o Shangulipora Noorbagh, Aaqib Mushtaq Kenoo @ Khoda S/o Mushtaq Ahamd Kanoo R/o Pamposh Colony Noorbagh, Imran Ahmad Bhat @ Chaanda S/o Aijaz Ahmad Bhat R/o Guzerbal Noorbagh and Faizan Rashid Wani S/o Ab. Rashid Wani R/o Palpora Noorbagh have been booked under the PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining the formal detention orders from Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir on the basis of dossiers prepared by Srinagar police against them, a police spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir news Observer (KNO).
Consequently, police said that these drug peddlers were detained and subsequently lodged in Kot Balwal Jail Jammu and District Jails of Udhampur, Kathua and Bhaderwah.
“These drug peddlers have been involved in the peddling of narcotics among the youth of Srinagar on an alarming scale. Besides, they were also involved in several NDPS Act cases of various police stations of Srinagar. Despite several NDPS Act cases registered against them, they did not mend their ways after getting bailed out from courts and were brazenly promoting drugs among the youth of the valley, especially in Srinagar, through their illegal narcotics network. Srinagar Police has also set into motion the process to attach their properties under the provisions of PIT-NDPS Act,” the statement reads.
Pertinently, Police has been systemically targeting and dismantling the illegal narcotics infrastructure in the Srinagar city and numerous drug peddlers have been detained under the PIT NDPS Act in Srinagar till date.
“J&K Police affirms its steadfast commitment of eliminating drug peddling in the region with the full might of law. We also caution those engaged in this unlawful activity that the long arm of law would catch them sooner than anticipated and every offender will face justice,” police said—(KNO)