Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday claimed to have busted a Inter-state drug mafia cartel and arrested five drug peddlers along with 35,000 Spasmo proxyon capsules and Rs. 70,200/-.
The police identified the accused as Tariq Ahmad Wango S/O Ab Khaliq R/O Chinkral Mohalla Srinagar, Manzoor Ahmad Mir S/O Ghulam Mohammad Mir, Mohammad Iqbal Mir S/O Noor Mohammad Mir, Tariq Ahmad Sofi S/O Mohammad Afzal Sofi All residents of Tengpora Byepass Srinagar, Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh @ Vicky S/O Ghulam Mohammad R/O Zaindar Mohalla.
“They were arrested from a vehicle number HR26 BA-5606 in which they were travelling after a specific input was generated by Karalkhud Police station about the movement of these notorious drug peddlers around SRTC Bridge in Karalkhud,” the police in a statement said.
Police said that these peddlers we’re on move towards other district for delivery of the illegal consignment.
“Tariq Ahmed Wango is already involved in six FIRs in different police stations of Srinagar district and was also lodged in Public Safety Act in 2019,” Police said.
Police said that a case under FIR No. 8/2022 u/s 8/22, 27 (A), 29 NDPS Act is being registered at Police station Kral Khud and investigation has been taken up to identify and unravel all the forward and backward channels of this illegal inter-state trade.
