SUHAIL RATHER
Bandipore,20 November 2017: Bandipora Police while conducting Naka checking at Paribal, Aloosa apprehended three notorious drug peddlers namely Mushtaq Ahmed Dhobi@Ketta son of Ghulam Mohi ud Din Dhobi resident of Kaloosa, Mohd Ramzan Sofi@ Darzi son of Abdul Khaliq Sofi resident of Kaloosa and Rameez Rashid Bhat @ Hefa son of Abdul Rashid Bhat and recovered from their possession 250 grams of charas and 390 tablets of Alprox 0.5 mg, clonzipam and spasmoproxivan. In this regard case FIR No 159/2017 under section 8/20/22 NDPS Act registered in police station Bandipore and investigation taken up.
Officials said Bandipora police has constituted a special team in order to act tough against drug menace in the area headed by Station house officer Bandipora Syed Gazanfur and DySp.Hqrs, Mir Murtaza Hussain and under overall supervision of SSP Bandipora, Sheikh Zulfikar Azad.
He said the arrested persons are involved in exploiting the young generation in north Kashmir parts by making them dependent on drugs for illegal monetary gains. He said they are involved in selling drugs and charas among the youth in Bandipora area.
It is pertinent to mention that Mushtaq Ahmed Dhobi @ Ketta has earlier been arrested in 09 cases under NDPS Act and had also been detained thrice under Public Safety Act.