Srinagar: Police in Kulgam have booked seven “repeat drug offenders” under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act after obtaining proper detention orders from the competent authority, a police spokesperson informed Wednesday.
He said the offenders were identified as Dilber Ahmad Bhat, of Labripora (lodged in District Jail Bahderwah), Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat, resident of Okey (lodged in district Jail Poonch), Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat of Tantraypora (lodged in district Jail Bhadarwah), Nisar Ahmad Dar of Sesman Daamjan (lodged in district Jail Poonch), Shahid Mushtaq of Furrah (lodged in district Jail Jammu), Aarif Hussain Ganie of Ganie Mohallah Qaimoh (lodged in District Jail Udhampur) and Hilal Ahmad Lone of Herpora Hardu Hanger Yaripora (lodged in district Jail Udhampur).
All the seven booked individuals are habitual offenders involved in multiple NDPS cases and have repeatedly engaged in drug trafficking despite earlier legal and preventive action, posing a serious threat to public health and safety, police said.
