Bandipora: Jammu & Kashmir Police has booked three persons, accused of drug peddling under Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT NDPS Act) in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday and lodged at Central Jail Kot Bhalwal, Jammu.
In a statement, police said that three notorious drug peddlers were booked under Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT NDPS Act) as they were actively involved in the illegal trade of illicit trafficking of Narcotic drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
The trio booked under PIT-NDPS were identified as Khursheed Ahmad Waza alias Mandiala, son of Gh. Mohmmad Waza, resident of Ward 05 Bandipora, Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat alias Yatri, son of Mohmad Sultan Bhat, resident of Bazipora Ajas Sumbal and Zakir Hussain Chechi, son of Late Abdullaha Chechi, resident of Bazipora Ajas Sumbal. However, their age was not metioned in the police statement.
“Many Cases were already registered against these persons in different police stations and the said persons were repeated offenders. Moreover their detention under the Act will act as a deterrent for drug mafia also. The people of Bandipora were fed up with the nefarious activities and conduct of the subjects as such their detention under PIT-NDPS Act will act as a sigh of relief as same has been hailed by the general public of Bandipora and general public have appreciated this action of Bandipora police,” the statement reads.
(GNS)