SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked two infamous drug peddlers under the Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS) Act in Srinagar.
The notorious drug peddlers identified as Hazim Bashir Bazaz aka Zahid resident of Housing Colony Chanapora Srinagar and Momin Mehraj Bazaz of Syedpora Eidgah have been lodged in district jail Udhampur, Police said.
The duo were booked under the PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining the formal detention orders from Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir on the basis of dossiers prepared by Srinagar police against them.
The drug peddlers have been involved in the peddling of narcotics among the youth of Srinagar on an alarming scale. Besides, they were also involved in several NDPS Act cases at various police stations in Srinagar.
Despite several NDPS Act cases registered against them, they did not mend their ways after getting bailed out from courts and were brazenly promoting drugs among the youth of the valley, especially in Srinagar, through their illegal narcotics network.
Police have also set into motion the process to attach their properties under the provisions of the PIT-NDPS Act.
J&K Police affirms its steadfast commitment to eliminating drug peddling in the region with the full might of the law.
“We also caution those engaged in this unlawful activity that the long arm of law would catch them sooner than anticipated and every offender will face justice”, police said.
