 Early Times Report
BARAMULLA, Dec 20: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday seized two packets of contrabands (heroin-like substance) from Dachi area of Uri in this north Kashmir district.
"In furtherance to our continuous efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, Uri Police recovered contraband from Dachi," Jammu and Kashmir Police said in a statement. Sharing more details regarding the seizure of contrabands, police said, "A routine naka was established by Uri Police in front of BOP Dachi. At around 11 AM, during the routine checkup of vehicles, a Sumo bearing registration number JK-05D 6531 was stopped. Police official said that the vehicle and passengers were frisked and two packets of heroin-like substances (one small, one big) were recovered from the possession of two persons." The persons from whom the contrabands were recovered were identified as Irfan Ahmed Mir and Irshad Ahmed Pood. Both are residents of Nambla (C) Uri. In this regard, a case FIR number 174/20 under sections 8/21 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS) has been registered in Uri police station.
The accused persons have been arrested and investigation has been taken up, the official added. It is pertinent to mention here that, many times in past such illegal activities were noticed by the police in which heroine like substances and other drugs were recovered in Uri area.
However sources also said that these drugs and other contraband substances are mainly supplied from Pakistan and the same is being circulated among the youth of Kashmir valley and rest of the country.
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