Inter-state vehicle lifters gang busted, 4 arrested

SSP Kathua Shailender Mishra talking to reporters on Thursday.
SSP Kathua Shailender Mishra talking to reporters on Thursday.

51 kgs poppy straw seized, 4 drug peddlers nabbed

Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Nov 12: In a major success Kathua police have unearthed an inter-state gang of vehicle lifters which was operating in J&K UT, recovered 24 vehicles, including a four wheeler and arrested four persons while hunt for the others who are absconding is on.
Giving this information at a press conference here, today SSP Kathua, Shailander Mishra said 24 vehicles viz. one Omni Van, one Scooty and 22 bikes have been recovered so far in the jurisdiction of Police Stations of Bilawar and PS Kathua. The recoveries were made within the UT and outside the UT as well.
He said in this connection FIRs stand registered vide FIR No.185/2020,US 379IPC in PS Kathua , FIR No. 342/2020,US 379 IPC PS Kathua, FIR No. 186/2020,U/S379 IPC PS Bilawar, FIR No. 106/2020,US 379 IPC and FIR No. 110/2020,US 379 IPC.
The arrested persons have been identified as Meetu S/o Kasham Ali of Hamja, Amritsar, Punjab, Rashid Ahmed, S/o Missa of Nagri, Kathua.
Darshan Singh, S/o Ramesh Singh of Martha tehsil, Ramnagar, Udhampur and Saleem Ahmed S/oSher Ali of Kanyari, Kathua.

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Many of these vehicles have been stolen and were recovered from neighboring states, he said, adding some more names associated with this interstate gang have surfaced during the later stages of investigation for which district police has started the process to nab them with the assistance of the concerned police and more arrests and recoveries in this cannot be ruled out.
Meanwhile district police Kathua while continuing its drive against drug menace has recovered 51kgs of poppy straw from four drug peddlers.
Police said a joint team of Anti Drug Unit and PS Hiranagar intercepted two suspected trucks during naka checking at Londi Morh. During search, 51 kgs of poppy straw was recovered from these trucks.
Four persons were arrested from both the trucks. They were identified as Jagseer Singh, S/o Magger Singh of Kishangarh Teshil Sangroor, district Maler Kotla Punjab. He is driver of the truck bearing Registration No. PB13BG-0342 and his accomplice Simranjeet Singh, S/o Ram Lal of Teshil Sangroor district Malayer Kotla, Ranjeet Singh, S/o Raghubir Singh of teshil Sangroor, district, Maler Kotla. He is driver of truck bearing Number PB13AB-2458 and his accomplice Mohammed Rashid, S/o Mohd. Jameel of Faislabad Colony Sangroor district Maler Kotla, Punjab. A case FIR No. 110/2020 U /S 8/15 NDPS Act stands registered in Police Station Hiranagar and investigation is going on, police said.