Sopore, April 06 : Police in north Kashmir’s Sopore have booked a notorious drug peddler under Public Safety Act.
According to a statement issued to Kashmir Despatch police said to eradicate the drug menace completly from police district Sopore, police station Sopore has booked one drug peddler under PSA.
As per the statement, the drug peddler/supplier namely Mushtaq Ahmad Khaja son of Ghulam Nabi of Telwanpora Seelo Sopore was involved in smuggling/supplying drugs to most vulnerable sections of society espacially youths and making them adicts.
Accordingly he was booked in FIR No. 166/2020 US 8/22 NDPS Act and subsequently detained under PSA and lodged in jail.
It is pertinent to mention here that police station Sopore has apprehended 80 notorious drug Peddlers since last two years.
Process of booking them under PSA has started earlier and most of the peddlers have been recommended to Div. Com for obtaining PSA warrants the statement further reads.