Srinagar: Police on Saturday said that it has booked two drug smugglers under PIT NDPS Act in Baramulla after obtaining formal detention orders from competent authority.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that drug smugglers identified as Irshad Ahmad Wani S/o Ghulam Rasool R/o Pandithpora Bala Tangmarg, Baramulla & Mohd Tajamul Masoodi S/o Badar-ud-Din Masoodi R/o Bagander Pampore, Pulwama have been booked under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent Authority, adding therein that the booked drug smugglers have been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Balwal Jammu.
Stating that cases have been registered against the said drug smugglers involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth of Solinda, Khaipora, Tangmarg and other areas of District, the Police in its statement further said that despite their involvement in many FIRs, the said drug peddlers did not mend their activities and were again involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth.
In the concluding para of its above quoted statement Police appealed people to cooperate with it in curbing the menace of drugs from the society and reiterated its commitment to act tough against the criminals as per law.