Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 27: Police today booked four notorious drug peddlers under the PIT NDPS Act in Sopore after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority.
The peddlers have been identified as Parvaiz Ahmad Khan, son of Abdul Rashid Khan, resident of Model Town-C Sopore, Waseem Ahmad Hajam, son of Mohammad Akbar Hajam, resident of Dooru Peer Mohalla; Shahbaz Ahmad Dangroo, son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dangroo, resident of Machipora Bomai Sopore; and Sharafatullah Shah, son of Muzaffar Ahmad Shah, resident of Shalpora Sopore A/P Shalimar Colony Sopore.
“They have been booked under the PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority. The booked drug peddlers have been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Bhalwal Jammu,” police said.
Police stated that many cases have been registered against these drug smugglers, and they were still involved in the drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to the local youth of the Police District Sopore and other areas of the district.
“Despite their involvement in many FIRs, they did not mend their activities and were again involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth,” police said.
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