Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 23: Police today booked eight notorious drug smugglers under the PIT NDPS Act in district Baramulla after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent authority.
The drug smugglers who faced the action have been identified as Javid Mohiuddin Bhat, son of Gh Mohiuddin Bhat, resident of Allapora Karhama Kunzer; Danish Ahmad Dhobi, son of Ghulam Mohd, resident of Ogmuna Kunzer; Ghulam Mohiuddin, son of Sakhi Mohd, resident of Chandoosa; Adil Ahmad Bhat, son of Nasir Ahmad, resident of Goom Ahmadpora Pattan; Wikar Hussain Beigh, son of Arshid Hussain, resident of Lateefabad Chandoosa; Afreed Ahmad Wani, son of Habibullah, resident of Bandi Payeen Chandoosa; Bilal Ahmad Bhat, son of Gulzar Ahmad; and Mohammad Asif Bhat, son of Ghulam Hassan, both residents of Maloora Srinagar.
“The booked drug smugglers have been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Bhalwal Jammu,” police said.
Authorities stated that many cases are registered against these drug smugglers, who were involved in promoting the drug trade by supplying drugs to local youth in Bandi, Kunzer, Ogmuna, Pattan, Mirgund Wagoora, Kreeri, and other areas of the district.