Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 19: Police today said it have seized 6000 litres of diesel and petrol from Chowkibal area of Kupwara district in north Kashmir.
The SSP Kupwara, Shamsher Hussain said that based on specific information, police seized 30 barrels (each containing 200 litres) of diesel/petrol from Chowkibal area of Kupwara while it was being unloaded from a truck.
“The illegal huge consignment of diesel /petrol was being smuggled to be sold in the open market illegally by one person namely Zahoor Ahmad who is the owner/driver of LP truck bearing registration number JK02V-8869,” he said.
The police have registered a case under FIR number 80/2017 under section 23 Petroleum Act, 3/7 Essential Commodities Act has been registered and investigation of the case is in progress. “Driver/owner has been arrested and the vehicle has also been seized. More arrests are likely in the next few days,” he said, adding that a special team for investigation into the case has been constituted.
Hussain has constituted a special team for investigation of the case so as to ascertain the source of consignment and its destination so as to bust the whole module of the illegal trade. The SSP also sought the co-operation of general public for exposing this illegal trade in the frontier district.
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