Srinagar : Police on Monday said that it has booked two notorious 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 two drug smugglers identified as Showkat Ahmad Dar S/o Mohd Abdullah R/o Ganiwani Tangmarg and Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh S/o Abdul Samad R/o Mulgam Kunzer have been booked under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority, adding there that the said booked drug smugglers have been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Balwal Jammu.
Police in its statement further said that many cases were registered against the said drug smugglers and was involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth of Solinda, Khaipora, Tangmarg, Mulgam, Kunzer and other areas of District, adding therein that despite the involvement of the said accused in many FIRs, they 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 said that people of the area have appreciated its role for their action against drug peddlers/smugglers.
