Srinagar, December 09:
Police on Monday said that it have arrested a infamous notorious drug peddler involved in many cases.
In a handout to SNS Kashmir, the police said that an infamous drug peddler namely Adil Rashid Bhat @ Raj Tanker son of Ab Rashid Bhat @ Mama resident of Usmanabad Bemina is booked by Srinagar Police under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act (PIT-NDPSA ).
It is pertinent to mention here that the accused person is involved in several cases of drug peddling including case FIR No. 08/2021 u/s 8/22 NDPS Act of PS Shergari, 119/2022 u/s 8/21 NDPS Act of PS Baramulla and 30/2023 u/s 8/22,27 NDPS Act of PS Batmaloo, they said.
Keeping in view his persistent involvement in the illicit sale and distribution of drugs and narcotics through illegal network among the youth, a comprehensive dossier was prepared by Srinagar Police and the warrants for lodging him in jail under PIT-NDPSA were obtained from Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, they said.
The accused kept evading his arrest and had fled to Jammu and then to Delhi.
However, due to resolute efforts pf Police , on 06.12.2024, he was apprehended by Police Station Batmaloo and has been lodged in central Jail Srinagar to serve his detention, they said.
Srinagar Police will continue its mission of zero tolerance against drug peddling, they said.
It is apt to mention here that recently Srinagar Police has attached many properties of drug peddlers worth crores of rupees which they had accumulated through sale of illegal drugs, reads the statement.