Srinagar: Police in Sopore have booked four “habitual and notorious narcotics offenders” under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT NDPS).
The offenders, identified as Owais Bashir Shikari, son of Bashir Ahmad Shikari of Sher Colony Sopore; Saraj-u-Din Parray, son of Mohammad Mukhtar Parray of Parraypora Hadipora; Waseem Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Hassan Mir of Aadipora Sopore; and Imtiyaz Ahmad Dhobi, son of Ali Mohammad Dhobi of Dangiwacha Rafiabad, have a “proven history of repeated involvement in drug trafficking cases”.
Police said despite earlier arrests and preventive actions, they continued their illicit activities, posing a serious threat to the society.
After preparation of detailed dossiers and sanction from the competent authority, detention orders were executed and the accused were lodged in District Jail Poonch and Central Jail Kot-Bhalwal, police informed Tuesday.
