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3 drug peddlers booked under PSA

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 6/2/2020 10:41:01 AM

Srinagar , June 1 District Police Srinagar in keeping up with its agenda and commitment for securing drugs free Srinagar and making all the efforts in breaking the chain of drug peddling in the City, has booked three notorious Drug Peddlers namely under Public Safety Act (under NDPS Law) namely Nisar Ahmad Shiekh son of Late Habibullah Shiekh resident of Sheikh Colony Kani, Dewar, Hawal Srinagar, Bashir Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Rasool Bhat resident of Barbarshah Srinagar and Rayees Ahmad Hakak son of Fayaz Ahmad Hakak resident of Gulbarg Colony Zakoora. District Police Srinagar being a responsible stakeholder working for overall progress of the society and in its endeavors to curb the menace of Drugs in City Srinagar, has registered 81 cases regarding Narcotic and Psychotropic substances in year 2019 and arrested as many as 126 persons involved in these cases, besides recovered large cache of different types of drugs and narcotic substances. The Sr. Superintendent of Police District Srinagar, Dr. M. Haseeb Mughal (JKPS) has expressed that the campaign against drug dealers and drug peddlers would be intensified in coming weeks and Narcotic & Psychotrophic substances consumption is spreading like a cancer within the society, will be eradicated from the society by the close coordination of the responsible members of the society. The society must come forward in identifying the drug dealers and peddlers so that the drug menace is eradicated from the City. The said action of District Police Srinagar has been applauded and hailed in social and religious circles of District Srinagar.