Srinagar, Sept 24: The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday conducted multiple raids at various locations in Kashmir region.
The police spokesman said, “SIA of J&K Police conducted extensive searches at different locations in the districts of Srinagar, Budgam and Kupwara districts.”
As per the spokesman, the searches are part of an investigation against narcro-terrorists who are financing terror through smuggling hard drugs from Pakistan and selling it in J&K and in other parts of the country.
“Equipped with search warrants issued by the Court of Special Judge, Designated under NIA Act (TADA/POTA) Srinagar, house searches were conducted in connection with investigation of the case,” spokesman said.
This case was registered by Police Station, CI-SIA(K), Srinagar on receipt of reliable information that a group of person(s) working as over ground workers (OGW) for different proscribed terrorist organization(s) under a well-knit criminal conspiracy hatched with member(s) of proscribed terrorist organization(s) are involved in border smuggling of narcotic drugs / substance and the proceeds thereof are passed on to the terrorist organization(s) for furtherance of terrorist activities in J&K.
The spokesman said during the investigation, it surfaced that proscribed terrorist organizations across the border in order to fuel the terrorist activities in Jammu & Kashmir are adopting various means and methods to provide logistic support to terrorists in the region.
“One of the ways and means is to send consignments of heroin, brown sugar and other contraband substances worth lakhs of rupees and smuggle the same to valley through their OGWs, conduits / supporters and other terrorist sympathizers,” he said.
As per Police, these consignment of heroin, brown sugar and other Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances are being sold in markets or smuggled to other parts of the country for sale and proceeds of sale are being ploughed back or passed on to terrorist organization(s) / terrorist(s) /secessionist(s) /OGW(s) to further terrorist / unlawful activities.
“During the searches, incriminating material including digital weighing machines, cell phones, electronic gadgets, important documents, bank accounts, digital evidence and other incriminating material having a bearing on the investigation of the case were recovered and seized,” the spokesman said.
Analysis of the data and evidences would follow and leads that would emerge would become the basis for further investigation
