Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 1: Keeping hawks eye over narcotics peddling, Gandhi Nagar police under ‘Operation Sanjeevani’ busted Baramulla-Jammu drug trafficking racket with the arrest of a former Sanitary Inspector of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) along with 450 grams of heroin valuing Rs 45 lakh and Rs 20,000 cash.
As per police sources, on reliable information, a team from Gandhi Nagar Police Station laid a naka near Digiana Pulli and signaled a Vespa scooter bearing registration Number JK02L-9692 to stop for checking.
On seeing police cops, the rider accelerated the vehicle and tried to escape, but the alert cops intercepted him after a brief chase.
During frisking, police recovered 450 grams heroin valuing Rs 45 lakh and Rs 20,000 cash from the possession of the rider and arrested him.
The arrested person has been identified as Pardeep Singh, son of Bhopinder Singh, a resident of district Baramulla, at present Digiana.
Earlier, the accused was arrested in the year 2013 in a fidayeen attack case at Bemina, Srinagar as his link surfaced with a person namely Bashir, who carried out the attack from the militants and is presently in custody.
At the time of fidayeen attack, the accused was posted as Sanitary Inspector with Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and was also jailed for couple of months. The accused was dismissed from the post of Sanitary Inspector and had indulged in drugs supplying from Baramulla to Jammu and surrounding areas to make illegitimate profits.
With his arrest, the police not only saved the youth from becoming drug addicts, but also saved their families from daily quarrels as it is understood that a drug addict create nuisance in family and society in general.
A case under FIR Number 147/18 under Section 8/21/22 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered at Gandhi Nagar Police Station and investigation started to ascertain the source of the consignment and other persons indulged in this illegal trade practice.
Police team led by SHO Gandhi Nagar Inspector Sunil Singh Jasrotia and assisted by Incharge Digiana Police Post SI Kali Charan made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO South Mohammad Rafiq Manhas and SSP Jammu Vivek Gupta.
It is to mention here that, 10 cases of NDPS Act have been registered during the month of June this year in Sub Division South.
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