STATE TIMES NEWS
SAMBA: In its drive against drug smugglers and their propagators, Samba Police today arrested 03 drug smugglers and recovered 20 Kg of Charas like substance in the jurisdiction of Police Station Samba.
Acting on an information received from reliable sources, a Police Party of PS Samba laid a surprise vehicle checking naka near SIDCO Chowk, NHW Samba and during checking signalled a truck to stop bearing Registration No. JK03B/9363 coming from Kashmir Valley side.
On seeing the Police Party, the driver of the said truck accelerated the speed and tried to flee away from the spot but the alert cops sucessfully chased the vehicle and intercepted it few metres away from the naka point.
During checking of the said vehicle, a total of 20 Kg Charas like substance was recovered which was well concealed in an apple box to avoid being noticed by the police during checking.
The 03 accused persons were arrested on the spot and they were identified as:
(1) Mukhtar Ahmed S/O Ghulam Rasool R/o Near Masjid Sharif Ganjipura Tehsil and District Anantnag.
(2) Adil Hussian S/O Ghulam Rasool R/o Ganjipura Laram Jangipora Tehsil and District Anantnag.
(3) Ashfaq Ahmed Matoo S/O Abdul Rehman Matoo R/o near Masjid Sharif Gangipura Laram Jangipora Tehsil and District Anantnag.
In this regard a case FIR No. 363/2021 U/S 8/20/25/29 NDPS Act was registered at PS Samba and investigation has been started.