Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 18: Anti Vehicle Theft and Recovery Team (AVTAR) arrested a drug peddler along with large quantity of intoxicant capsules from Panama Chowk area.
As per police sources, on specific information, a special team AVTAR constituted by SSP Jammu Dr Sunil Gupta laid a special naka near Panama Chowk and signaled a scooter bearing registration number JK02J-6746 to stop for checking. On seeing police cops, the rider tried to run away but was chased and intercepted.
During checking, police recovered 1800 intoxicant capsules and arrested the scooterist, who has been identified as Ajay Dogra, son of Krishan Lal of Baba Lal Ji Chowk, Jullaka Mohallah.
The accused is habitual drug peddler and was supplying drugs to local youth from quite long time.
A case under FIR Number 69/16 under Section 8/21/22 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered at police station Gandhi Nagar and further investigation of the case is going on.
The recovery was made by AVTAR team headed by PSI Javed Iqbal Choudhary and SHO Gandhi Nagar police station DySP (Prob), Imtiaz Ahmed under the supervision of SDPO South Sachin Gupta and SP South Shaazad Salaria.
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