The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Doda district said that they have booked Sanam Poonchi, a notorious drug peddler from Chinote Bhaderwah, under the Public Safety Act.
In a statement issued to The Chenab Times, Doda Police said that a notorious drug peddler, namely Sadam Hussain Zargar alias SANAM POONCHI, son of Ali Mohd Zargar, resident of Chinote, Bhaderwah, has been booked and lodged in District Jail Bhaderwah under the provisions of illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances Act, 1988 for his repeated involvement in the possession and transportation of narcotic drugs.
The statement further reads that the said drug peddler was involved in many offences related to the NDPS Act, which includes FIR No. 200/2019 registered against him on July 27, 2019 at Police Station Gandhi Nagar Jammu and FIR No. 132/2022 registered on August 15, 2022 at Police Station Bhaderwah.
“He was a serious threat to the youths of the locality by way of getting them involved in consuming as well as selling drugs and spoiling their careers as well as health,” it stated.
Doda Police is acting tough against drug peddlers and making strenuous efforts to eradicate the drug menace from society. So far, 36 cases have been registered against 40 drug peddlers during the current year. Moreover, 32 drug peddlers were also detained under preventive custody.
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