Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Apr 21: The police has booked 25 drug-peddlers and lodged them in jail under preventive measures in Poonch district.
A police official said that tightening noose around drug- peddlers in the district, the police has booked 25 chronic drug- peddlers under preventive measures in the district. The drug peddlers have been lodged in Jail for one month’s period.
These offenders hail from various parts across the district and have been found involved in peddling of drugs in their areas. These individuals are also implicated in different cases of NDPS Act and pose a potential threat to the lives of the younger generation of the district. It was also reported by many people and agencies that these individuals might pose a threat to the peaceful electioneering process during the upcoming elections.
These notorious drug peddlers hail from the jurisdiction of Police Stations of Poonch, Surankote, Mandi, Mendhar and Gursai . Those detained are- Zubair Khan, son of Mohd Sharief Pathan, resident of Morha Bachai; Abdul Wahid, son of Mohd Ikhlaq Khan Pathan, resident of Morha Bachai; Izrar Shah, son of Ashiq Shah, resident of Hari, Surankote; Altaf Hussain Shah, son of Mohd Amin Shah, resident of Phagla; Altaf Hussain, son of Mir Mohd, resident of Sanai; Waseem Ahmed, son of Mushtaq Ahmed, resident of Salain, Tehsil Surankote; Muzafar Iqbal alias Kala, son of Barkit Hussain, resident of Gohlad, Mendhar; Kafiat Khan, son of Mohd Khalil, resident of Uchhad, Mankote; Mohd Gafoor, son of Nazir Hussain, resident of Dheri Debsi, Mankote; Imtaiz Ahmed, son of Mohd Fazal, resident of Gohlad; Ghulam Mustafa, son of Barket Hussain, resident of Uchhad, Mankote; Nadeem Iqbal, son of Nazir Hussain, resident of Gohlad- Mendhar; Anjum Abass Jaffri, son of Safdar Hussain Shah, resident of Gursai;Mohd Farooq, son of Mohd Rafiq, resident of Loran at present Qazi Mohra; Rahul Sharma alias Kapil, son of Shashi Pal, resident of Mohalla Power House Poonch; Zareen Akhter alias Zoya, wife of Imtyaz Ahmed, resident of Loran at present Mohalla Sarian, Poonch; Rajat Kapoor, son of Rahul Kapoor, resident of Dungus, Poonch; Sukhpreet Singh alias Sukhi, son of Tajinder Singh, resident of Khalsa Chowk, Poonch; Sarabjeet Singh, son of Manjeet Singh, resident of Azad Mohalla, Poonch; Mohd Fareed alias Maneer Hussain, resident of Shahpur; Shab Din, son of Mohd Din, resident of Jhallian (Bedar); Mohd Hafiz, son of Mohd Sharif, resident of Bedar;Farhat Ali, son of Iqbal Hussain, resident of Gursai at present Mandi; Mohd Younis, son of Abdul Aziz, resident of Chamber Kanari and Adnan Arif, son of Mohd Arif Lone, resident of Gagrian.