J&Okay: Cops In Srinagar Intensify Crackdown On Narcotics And Drug Peddling In 2024 | India Information
Srinagar Police has been conducting a relentless crackdown towards drug trafficking within the metropolis with the purpose of curbing the menace of medication and dismantling the infrastructure supporting drug trafficking.
In the course of the yr 2024, 94 circumstances beneath the NDPS Act have been registered in a number of police stations throughout the district, and 156 accused individuals concerned in peddling and trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic substances have been arrested by Srinagar Police.
Pertinently, 26 infamous drug peddlers have been booked beneath the Prevention of Illicit Site visitors in Narcotics Medication and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act) in several jails of the UT of J&Okay (Central Jails, Udhampur, Bhaderwah, and Kathua Kot Balwal Jammu) after acquiring the formal detention orders from the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, on the idea of dossiers ready by the Srinagar police towards them.
These drug peddlers have been concerned within the peddling of narcotics among the many youth of Srinagar on an alarming scale. Apart from, they have been additionally concerned in a number of NDPS Act circumstances of assorted police stations of Srinagar. Regardless of a number of NDPS Act circumstances registered towards them, they didn’t mend their methods after getting bailed out from courts and have been openly selling medication among the many youth of the valley, particularly in Srinagar, by means of their unlawful narcotics community.
Notably, the properties, each movable and immovable, acquired by the drug peddlers by means of proceeds of unlawful trafficking of medication and narcotics have been connected by the police beneath provisions of part 68 of the NDPS Act.
Amongst these, the police have connected 07 autos and 07 residential homes that have been acquired illegally by the accused individuals by means of the narcotics commerce. The estimated worth of properties connected is Rs 4.47 crores. Apart from, 23 financial institution accounts belonging to those drug peddlers have been frozen in NDPS Act circumstances.
The recoveries of medication and narcotics made by Srinagar Police embody:
Brown Sugar – 1.17 kg
Heroin – 2.92 kg
Charas – 13.13 kg
Ganja – 10.16 kg
Crystal meth – 2.83 kg
Hashish/Poppy Straw – 44.18 kg
Psychotropic substances: 284 bottles and 2823 tabs of banned medication. Furthermore, Rs 490,696 in money, 17 cellphones, and 01 drone have additionally been recovered from the drug peddlers.
J&Okay Police affirms its steadfast dedication to eliminating drug peddling within the area with the total may of the regulation. We additionally warning these engaged on this illegal exercise that the lengthy arm of the regulation would catch them before anticipated, and each offender will face justice.
