December 01:* ```Continuing the crackdown against drug trafficking, Police in Srinagar have booked 10 notorious drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act).

The notorious drug peddlers namely Rizwan Bashir Dhobi son of Bashir Ahmad Dhobi resident of Sakidafar Safakadal (at present Grid Colony Srinagar), Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat son of Noor Mohammad Bhat resident of Karnabal Takanwari Pora, Srinagar, Owais Hussain Mir son of Sajad Hussain Mir resident of Tangbagh, Nawpora, Srinagar, Nadeem Hussain Bhat son of Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat resident of Batwara, Srinagar, Sheikh Jibran Nisar son of Nisar Ahmad Sheikh resident of Batawara, Srinagar, Raqib Lateef Bhat @Amir son of Mohammad Lateef Bhat resident of Bhat Mohalla, Aloochibagh, Srinagar, Abdul Ahad Bhat son of Mohammad Sultan Bhat resident of Banpora, Batamaloo, Srinagar, Moin Khan alias Moin son of Ghulam Hassan Khan alias Mama resident of Tengpora Bypass, Srinagar, Sajad Ahmad Beigh alias Boya son of Late Abdul Hamid Beigh resident of Madeena Colony, Allochibagh Sector B and Arshid Ahmad Mir son of Nazir Ahmad Mir resident of Baghi Jogi Lanker, Rainawari have been booked under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining the formal detention orders from Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir on the basis of dossiers prepared by Srinagar police against them.

Consequently, these drug peddlers were detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Balwal, Jammu and District Jails of Bhaderwah, Udhampur and Kathua.

Pertinent to mention here that these 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 of various police stations of Srinagar. Despite several NDPS Act cases registered against them, they didn’t 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 has also set into motion the process to attach their properties under the provisions of PIT-NDPS Act.

The J&K Police affirms its steadfast commitment of eliminating drug peddling in the region with the full might of the law. We also caution those engaged in this unlawful activity that long arm of law would catch them up sooner than anticipated and every offender will face justice.```