Srinagar: Police in Srinagar have booked ten “notorious” drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act).
These drug peddlers — Rizwan Bashir Dhobi, son of Bashir Ahmad Dhobi of Sakidafar Safakadal; Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, son of Noor Mohammad Bhat of Karnabal Takanwaripora; Owais Hussain Mir, son of Sajad Hussain Mir of Tangbagh, Nawpora; Nadeem Hussain Bhat, son of Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat of Batwara; Sheikh Jibran Nisar, son of Nisar Ahmad Sheikh of Batawara; Raqib Lateef Bhat alias Amir, son of Mohammad Lateef Bhat of Bhat Mohalla, Aloochibagh; Abdul Ahad Bhat, son of Mohammad Sultan Bhat of Banpora, Batamaloo; Moin Khan alias Moin, son of Ghulam Hassan Khan alias Mama of Tengpora Bypass; Sajad Ahmad Beigh alias Boya, son of Late Abdul Hamid Beigh of Madeena Colony, Allochibagh Sector B; and Arshid Ahmad Mir, son of Nazir Ahmad Mir of Baghi Jogi Lanker, Rainawari, have been booked under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining the formal detention orders from Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir on the basis of dossiers prepared by Srinagar police against them, police spokesperson informed Sunday.
He said these drug peddlers were detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot Bhalwal, Jammu and District Jails of Bhaderwah, Udhampur and Kathua.
Police said these drug peddlers have been involved in the peddling of narcotics among the youth of Srinagar. Besides, they were also involved in several NDPS Act cases of various police stations of Srinagar.
Despite several NDPS Act cases registered against them, they did not mend their ways after getting bailed out from courts and were brazenly promoting drugs among the youth of the valley, especially in Srinagar through their illegal narcotics network, police said, adding that the process to attach their properties under the provisions of PIT-NDPS Act has also been initiated.
