Doda police have taken six drug peddlers into preventive custody in the Doda district, police said on Saturday.
In a statement issued to The Chenab Times, SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom said that six drug peddlers have been taken into preventive custody by the police on the orders of Executive Magistrates from Doda and Bhaderwah Towns.
These six people have been found involved in illegal activities, especially narcotic smuggling and addiction.
A detailed report of their involvement in illegal activities was prepared by the local police and submitted before the executive magistrates, who have issued detention orders for all six under preventive sections of law.
These drug peddlers includes Mubashir Hussain, son of Mohammad Sharif, resident of Basti Koti in Doda; Farooq Ahmed, son of Mohammad Saber, resident of Sikwan Doda; Reyaz Ahmed, son of Ghulam Hassan, resident of Sikwan Doda; Amar Usman, son of Mohd Ramzan, resident of Dhar Doda; Vishal Kotwal, son of Dalip Kotwal, resident of Nagri Doda; Irshad Ahmed, S/O Nazir Ahmad, R/O Puneja Bhaderwah. All the above-mentioned drug peddlers have been lodged in the District Jail in Bhaderwah.
A team of police under the supervision of Deputy SP HQ Jaswant Singh implemented the order of preventive detention of all six drug peddlers.
SSP Doda Abdul Qayoom said that keeping a check on illegal activities is a prime motive of the police in the district for which all necessary steps are being taken.
He appealed to civil society in the district and especially the parents, to keep a close eye on their wards as this is the first step of prevention by which innocent youth can be saved from falling into the clutches of drug addiction.
The Chenab Times News Desk