SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police Tuesday said that they have busted a major interstate drug module in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district by arresting five persons including a kingpin woman.
Police said that so far they have made five arrests in this regard and contraband substance has also been seized.
Of the five arrested one woman kingpin who has been accused of running the entire module has been arrested along with her husband. Almost every member of her family is involved in drug peddling and has one or more than one FIRs registered in the police stations of Sopore town, police said.
Addressing a press conference, senior superintendent of police Sopore, Shabir Nawab, said that on March 01 police got information about the movement of a drug consignment.
In this regard a police Naka was set up at Tarzoo and police held two persons identified as Tanveer Ahmed Shah and Javaid Ahmed Shah of Sopore along with 3512 tablets of Spasmo proxyvon plus tablets and an FIR was launched.
He said that during further investigation they revealed the name of another person involved in selling drugs in and around Sopore. “The arrested person was identified as Amir Sadeeq Parra of Chandoosa Baramulla. On his personal search 112 tablets were recovered.”
He said during further investigation names of two kingpins identified as Urooj daughter of Mohammad Muzzafar Bhat of Batapora Sopore and her associate Mohammad Ashraf Mir son of Late Farooq Ahmed Mir of Hathishah Sopore also surfaced.
Police said that the woman kingpin’s along with her husband was suppling drugs from outside valley to sopore.
“The duo was involved in supplying drugs from outside valley to Sopore and other areas. On the confession of arrested persons, we managed to arrest the duo from Srinagar outskirts along with 1648 capsules. With their arrest we have managed to bust a major interstate module”, he said, adding that the woman Kingpins entire family is involved in drug peddling.
Adding further he said, “We are still investigating the matter and trying to locate all the possible links within and outside the state.”
Meanwhile, a case FIR No 07/2023 U/S 8/22-29 NDPS Act has been registered in Police Station Bomai and further investigation has been set into motion.
