Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 26: Anti Narcotics Task Force, a specialised unit of the Jammu and Kashmir Police to check the rising menace of drugs, arrested three persons along with 1.93 quintals of poppy straw.
According to SP ANTF Vinay Sharma, ANTF Kashmir arrested three drug peddlers and recovered huge quantity of contraband substances from their possession.
“ANTF Kashmir has recovered commercial quantity of 1 quintal and 93 kilograms of poppy straw in two back-to-back operations from 3 accused persons identified as Satnam Singh and Shiv Kumar, both residents of Ludhiana Punjab and Arif Rashid Bhat, a resident of Yaripora in District Anantnag”, SP Vinay Sharma, said, adding that the vehicles used in the commission of crime have also been seized.
He informed that the preliminary investigation revealed that the arrested drug peddlers were going to sell the same contraband among the youth and other drug peddlers in and outside the UT of J&K.
Accordingly, cases under relevant sections of law have been registered at Police Station ANTF Kashmir and investigation has been initiated.
SP ANTF Vinay Sharma has appealed to the community members to come forward with any information regarding drug peddlers in their neighbourhood.
“Persons found indulging in drug peddling will be dealt as per law. Our consistent actions against drug peddlers should reassure the community members that we are making efforts to keep our society free from the scourge of drug menace”, SP Vinay Sharma asserted.
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