Police books notorious drug smuggler under PIT NDPS Act
Baramulla: Police booked a wanted and notorious drug smugglers under PIT NDPS Act in Baramulla, a police spokesman said Monday.
He said that the most wanted and notorious drug smuggler identified as Dawood Ahmad Sofi son of Ghulam Hassan Sofi resident of Solinda Khaipora Tangmarg has been booked under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent Authority. The booked drug smuggler has been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Balwal Jammu.
Pertinently, many cases are registered against the drug smuggler and was involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth of Tangmarg and other areas of district, the spokesman said.
Despite his involvement in many FIRs he did not mend his activities and was again involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth, he added.
The spokesman said that during the previous year police registered 264 cases under NDPS besides 75 drug peddlers were booked under PIT NDPS Act/ PSA and 07 properties with an estimated combined worth of Rs 03 crores were attached in the district.
“In year 2023, Police have filed 264 cases under the NDPS Act and arrested 464 drug peddlers which include 75 hard-core drug peddlers who have been booked under PIT NDPS Act/ PSA,” he added.
The police have also made substantial seizures of contraband worth crores in the black market. Further, properties of drug peddlers worth Rs 03 crores, comprising three houses, three vehicles and cash amounting to Rs 1.2 Crores has also been attached by the police.
Moreover, Police destroys huge quantity of seized contraband substances worth 34 crores under section 25A of NDPS Act of various cases of Police Stations across Baramulla District at Kashmir Health Care System IGC Lassipora Pulwama, the spokesman concluded.
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