Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 11: In a major success against drug trafficking, Kulgam Police today intercepted a vehicle at Alstop Chowk, Mir Bazar, and recovered charas weighing 1.100 kilograms from its luggage compartment.
During checking, a Nepal national, identified as Lalit Giri, 23, son of Narender Giri, resident of Jajhar Kote, Nepal, was found in possession of the contraband substance. He was traveling in a vehicle bearing registration number JK07-5482, driven by Asad Ullah, son of Mohd Qasim, resident of Kargil.
The recovered contraband was seized on the spot, and the accused Lalit Giri was arrested immediately. The vehicle used in the commission of the crime has also been seized as case property.
Accordingly, a case FIR No. 239/2025 under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Qazigund, and further investigation has been taken up to identify the backward and forward linkages of the drug network.
During investigation, it has surfaced that the Nepal national had entered India about six days ago, procured the contraband from an area in Shimla, and was en route to Ladakh for drug peddling purposes. Investigation in the matter still going on.
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