Proclaimed offender at large for 2 years arrested by SIA Kashmir

Srinagar: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Wednesday achieved a major success in apprehending a proclaimed offender Abdul Rashid Mir r/o Amargarh, Sopore who was at large for the last two years.
“The accused is a part of a cross border narco-terror module operating in the valley. Narcotics & small arms were smuggled across the border by terror operatives of Lel into Sopore town and thereafter peddled throughout the valley among the youth,” a police spokesman said in a statement issued here on Wednesday. During the course of investigation of this case (FIR 19/2022), 8 members of the narco-terror module have been arrested by SIA, Kashmir so far, the statement said.
“The arrest of Abdul Rashid Mir is a major jolt to the nacro-terror operatives across the border who push the youth to drugs besides using the proceeds to fuel terrorism in the UT,” police said