Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Sept 20: The police today arrested a notorious drug peddler along with his four associates from two vehicles in Manjakote area.
A police spokesman said that during patrolling, a police team led by SHO Police Station Manjakote, Mohd Iqbal noticed two vehicles parked on roadside with suspicious activities. On seeing the sudden presence of police in the area, the drug peddlers tried to flee from being noticed by the police.
However the police team acting swiftly apprehended all the persons and recovered alleged banned drug heroin from the possession of Mohd Shakoor, son of Mohd Bashir, resident of Danidhar, Rajouri. The other associates arrested include Tauseef Hussain Shah, son of Sageer Hussain Shah, resident of Dhanidhar running a Medical shop at Kothdhara; Mohd Ajaz, son of Yousaf, resident of Chingus a driver by profession; Zakir Hussain, son of Shabir Hussain from Dhanidhar and Mohd Arif , son of Mohd Aziz from Thermal Colony, Kalakote.
The other recoveries included four syringes allegedly used for injecting drugs, two weighing machines purposely used to weigh small quantities like the banned drugs, two spoons, two lighters and Rs 1,81,500 in Indian Currency notes and 292 Riyals.
The recovery of spoons, syringes and lighters along with the heroin and cash is a clear indicator that the accused persons were drug addicts and were on their way to procure more quantity of drugs from some sources.
The accused persons were unable to provide a satisfactory reply for the recoveries made from them. Allegedly some marks of syringes were also found on the body parts of the accused persons. On questioning the accused persons admitted to their involvement in drug peddling and also in drug abuse. They were on way to make some deals in the drug peddling during this journey.
Mohd Shakoor of Danidhar Rajouri has been arrested by police for his involvement in drug peddling in the past and is involved in a number of other criminal cases also. The accused persons were traveling in two vehicles bearing registration Numbers JK02S-8179 ZEN and JK02V-9224 Maruti 800. Case FIR No. 83/2017 u/s 8/21/22/27/29 NDPS Act stands registered against all the accused persons and investigation taken up.
The arrests were made by police team led by SHO Manjakote and SDPO Manjakote Imtiaz Ahmad under the supervision of Addl SP Rajouri Mohd Yousaf and SSP Rajouri Yougal Manhas. They were taken on three days’ police remand.
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