Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 29: Udhampur Police arrested two hardcore narcotic smugglers and thieves besides affecting recovery of six kg poppy straw, stolen gold worth Rs 10 lakh approximately and three motorcycles worth Rs 2.5 lakh approx from their possession
Based on a reliable information, a party of PS Udhampur, led by SHO Udhampur Inspr Vijay Singh Choudhary, under the supervision of Kulbir Handa, DySP Hqrs, laid a naka on NHW and intercepted an Alto car bearing registration number JK02D 0495, driven by one Jamat Ali, son of Hussain Mohammad of Panthal, Katra, who was also a suspect of various thefts that had taken place in Udhampur areas.
Accordingly, the said car was subjected to thorough search and during search, 6 kg poppy straw was recovered from the said vehicle. In this connection, a case FIR number 426/2018 U/S 8/15 NDPS Act was registered in Police Station Udhampur and investigation taken up.
Subsequently, during the sustained interrogation, the said narcotic smuggler broke down and admitted that he had committed a theft in a house of one Rakesh Kumar Sharma, son of Mohan Lal of Balak Nagar Dandyal, Udhampur, for which a case had already been registered in P/S Udhampur vide FIR No. 411/2018 U/S 457/380/RPC. On the disclosure of the said accused, jewellery worth Rs 10 lakh approximately was recovered from possession of the said narcotic smuggler cum thief.
Besides, Udhampur police also arrested another accused Aalam son of Nazir Hussain of Jourah Farm, Suchetgarh, Jammu, who was involved in various vehicle theft cases registered vide FIR number 47/2018 U/S 379/RPC and FIR No. 385/2018 U/S 379/RPC. On his sustained interrogation and subsequent disclosure, police recovered three motorcycles worth Rs 2.5 lakh approximately from the possession of the said thief. Police is working on finding out the involvement of some more criminals in the above mentioned cases.
During current month, Udhampur Police has registered seven NDPS cases in which seven accused were arrested. From possession of the accused, 13 Gram Heroin, 60 Gram Charas and 25.5kg poppy straw were recovered so far. Besides this, one narcotic smuggler was also booked under Public Safety Act. Narc Cell of Udhampur Police is consistently monitoring and profiling those involved in illegal narcotics trade to root out the menace from society.
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