SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police booked four ‘notorious’ drug peddlers under PIT NDPS Act in Sopore after obtaining formal detention orders from competent authority.
A police spokesperson said in a statement that the four notorious drug peddlers identified as Parvaiz Ahmad Khan son of Abdul Rashid Khan resident of Model Town C Sopore, Waseem Ahmad Hajam son of Mohammad Akbar Hajam resident of Dooru Peer Mohalla, Shahbaz Ahmad Dangroo son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dangroo resident of Machipora Bomai Sopore and Sharafatullah Shah son of Muzaffar Ahmad Shah resident of Shalpora Sopore A/P Shalimar Colony Sopore have been booked under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority.
“The booked drug peddlers have been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Balwal Jammu,” the police said, adding that many cases are registered against these drug smugglers and were still involved in drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to the local youth of the Police District Sopore and other areas of the district.
“Despite their involvement in many FIRs, they did not mend their activities and were again involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth,” the police added.
