SRINAGAR: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Wednesday claimed to have arrested an accused individual who had been evading arrest for the past two years in connection with a narco-terror case.
The SIA Kashmir said it had achieved a major success in apprehending proclaimed offender Abdul Rashid Mir, a resident of Amargarh, Sopore, who had been at large for the last two years. The accused is part of a cross-border narco-terror module operating in the Valley. Narcotics and small arms were reportedly smuggled across the border by terror operatives of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) into Sopore town and subsequently peddled throughout the Valley among the youth.
During the course of the investigation into the case (FIR No. 19/2022), eight members of the narco-terror module have been arrested by the SIA Kashmir so far.
The arrest of Abdul Rashid Mir is seen as a major jolt to the narco-terror operatives across the border, who not only push drugs among the youth but also use the proceeds to fuel terrorism in the Union Territory, the statement added. (GNS)
