JAMMU, May 17: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday launched crackdown on drug networks by demolishing illegal structures in the Samba district.
The police spokesman said that a demolition drive was launched at identified drugs hotspot “Balole Khad” in Bari Brahmana area of Samna district as part of a focused anti-narcotics enforcement action being conducted jointly by district police and the civil administration against illegal structures.
The demolished illegal structures had become a safe haven for drug peddlers and habitual offenders involved in heroin trafficking, he said.
The drive, he said, was led by Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Anuj Kumar, along with Civil Administration in which approximately 50 Kanals of land valuing around Rs.60 crores encroached by the drug peddlers has been retrieved.
The land retrieved during the drive belongs to Industrial area SIDCO Bari Bari Brahmana and accordingly handed over to it while the boundary fencing of the retrieved land has been completed and the flood lights have also been installed, he added.
“The illegally raised structures were being misused for storage, concealment and supply of narcotic substances, particularly heroin, thereby destroying the lives of youth and adversely affecting public order and safety,” said the spokesman.
He said that the area has been under continuous surveillance and several notorious drug peddlers operating from here have a long criminal history having been involved in more than 35 FIRs.
The cases have been registered against Mohd Baru (involved in 10 FIRs including NDPS cases and other criminal cases), Dahua Bibi (involved in 3 FIRs including NDPS case and other criminal cases), Manshu (involved in 7 FIRs including NDPS cases and other criminal cases), Farman Ali alias Munna (involved in 3 NDPS cases), Farooq Din alias Dana (involved in 2 FIRs including NDPS cases), Farooq Ali alias Kana (involved in 6 criminal cases), Haider alias Raju (involved in 2 criminal cases) and Farman Din (involved in two criminal cases).
Apart from these drug peddlers, several other drug suppliers and criminal elements have also been operating from this area and using these structures for narcotics-related activities, he said.
During the drive, he added that a total of 33 illegal structures including narco palaces of eight drug peddlers raised on the encroached land have been demolished, adding, “this action forms part of the sustained crackdown being carried out under ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan against narcotics networks and the infrastructure facilitating drug trafficking in the district.”
Samba Police have adopted a zero-tolerance policy against drug peddling and every individual involved in destroying the future of the younger generation through narcotics trade shall be dealt with strictly under law, he said.
The spokesman stated that the Police, in coordination with the civil administration, shall continue such anti-narcotics operations to dismantle the entire drug ecosystem and ensure that no area is allowed to become a hub of heroin supply and criminal activities while the objective of the drive is to safeguard society, protect the youth from the menace of drugs and maintain public peace and order.
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