Seizes 3 vehicles, rescues 11 animals
Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, Feb 7: Samba police has arrested one notorious bovine smuggler with sharp-edged weapon, rescued eleven bovines and seized three vehicles including one Scorpio in three separate bovine smuggling attempts during the intervening night of February 6 and 7 in the jurisdiction of Police Station (PS) Ghagwal.
A police party of Police Station (PS), Ghagwal headed by SHO PS Ghagwal during vehicle checking duty at naka NHW Tapyal, signaled a Scorpio Car bearing registration No. DL4CNB-5060 coming from Kathua side to stop for checking. But the driver accelerated the speed, hit with barricade and fled away from the naka point. The alert police naka party chased the vehicle and intercepted it a few meters away from naka point. During checking of the vehicle, two bovines were found laden inside the Scorpio car which were being transported illegally without any permission.
The notorious bovine smuggler identified as Jamat Ali alias Kalu, son of Siraj Din of Maralian, Miran Sahib tehsil RS Pura district Jammu has been arrested and one ‘toka’ has also been recovered from his possession.
A case FIR No. 12/2024 U/S 307/188 IPC, 11 PCA Act, 4/25 Arms Act, 3 PDPP Act has been registered at Police Station Ghagwal and investigation started.
Similarly in another joint operation by Police Post (PP) Rajpura, Border Police Post Babber Nallah and Border Police Post Mawa, two more bovine smuggling bids have been foiled. The vehicle bearing registration Number PB13BM-8857 loaded with five bovines and vehicle bearing registration No. PB07BX-3253 loaded with four bovines have been intercepted near Madwal & Madoon respectively and all the nine bovines have been rescued. However, the drivers of both the vehicles managed to escape from the spot taking advantage of the darkness.
A case FIR No. 13/2024 U/S 188 IPC, 11 PCA Act and case FIR No.14/2024 U/S 188 IPC, 11 PCA Act have been registered at Police Station Ghagwal and investigation started.
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