Srinagar Police intensifies crackdown on Narcotics, Drug peddling in year 2024

Srinagar : Police on Tuesday said that it has conducted relentless crackdown against drug trafficking in the City with the aim to curb the menace of drugs and dismantle the infrastructure supporting drug trafficking.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said during the current year (2024), 94 cases under the NDPS Act were registered in several Police Stations across the district and 156 accused persons involved in peddling and trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic substances were arrested by Srinagar Police.
Police in its statement further said that 26 drug peddlers were booked under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act) in different jails of J&K ( Central Jails, Udhampur, Bhaderwah, Kathua Kot Balwal Jammu etc) after obtaining the formal detention orders from Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir on the basis of dossiers prepared by Srinagar police against them.
Stating that the said drug peddlers were involved in the peddling of narcotics among the youth of Srinagar on an alarming scale as they were also involved in several NDPS Act cases of various police stations of Srinagar, Police in its statement further said that despite several NDPS Act cases registered against them, the said accused didn’t 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 in its statement further said that the properties, both movable and immovable, acquired by the drug peddlers through proceeds of illegal trafficking of drugs and narcotics were attached by the Police under provisions of section 68 of the NDPS Act, adding therein that
among these, 7 vehicles and 7 residential houses were attached for being acquired illegally by the said accused through the narcotics trade. Police in its statement further said that the estimated value of properties attached is Rs 4.47 crores, adding therein that 23 bank accounts belonging to the said drug peddlers were frozen in NDPS Act cases.
Staying that the recoveries of drugs and narcotics made by Srinagar Police include 1.17 kg of Brown Sugar, 2.92 kg of Heroin, 13.13 kg of Charas, 10.16 Kg of Ganja, 2.83 Kg Crystal meth, 44.18 kg Cannabis/Poppy Straw, 284 bottles of Psychotropic substances and 2823 tabs of banned drugs, Police in its statement further said that Rs 4,90,696 cash, 17 mobile phones, 01 drone etc were also recovered from the drug peddlers.
In the concluding para of its above quoted statement police reiterated its commitment to eliminatew drug peddling in the region with full might of law but warned that those engaged in this unlawful activity would face legal actions sooner than anticipated and every offender will face justice.