Rajouri, Dec 13: Deputy Inspector General of Police, Rajouri-Poonch Range, Dr. Haseeb Mughal on Tuesday said that the war against drugs will continue with full might and that police have taken stern actions against the people involved in the crime.
Addressing a press conference at the District Police Lines Rajouri in presence of SSP Rajouri Mohammad Aslam and other officers, Mughal said that while continuing this mission of war against drugs in Rajouri Poonch Range, J&K Police have achieved a major success in 2022.
Apart from the phenomenal increase in the seizure of banned contraband heroin, 7 drug peddlers have been booked under PITNDPS Act, he said.
The DIG said that in Rajouri, 27 cases have been registered against 41 accused persons, out of which 4 main peddlers have been detained under PITNDPS Act for a period of one year, besides preventive actions under CrPC have been initiated against 210 accused/suspects.
“The seized drugs or narcotics substances made in these cases include heroin weighing 6.065 kgs as compared to 2.6 kgs in 2021, charas weighing 390 grams, poppy straw weighing 8.300 kgs, bucky (bhang) 04 kgs, and spasmo proxyvon capsule 300,” he said.
In district Poonch, 47 cases have been registered, against 59 peddlers while 3 main peddlers have been detained for one year under PITNDPS, and preventive action under CrPC has been initiated against 155 accused/suspects, Mughal said, adding that in Poonch, seizure includes heroine 106 kgs, poppy straw 62 kgs, and tab tramadol 9750 number.
In the Rajouri-Poonch range, 74 total cases have been registered with 100 arrests and 7 detentions for one year, the DIG informed. Preventive action has been initiated under CrPC against 365 accused and there is a huge increase in the seizure of heroin this year, he added.
The DIG requested the general public to share any drug peddling-related information with police through drug helpline numbers active in both Rajouri and Poonch districts, which are 9596047100 (Rajouri) and 9622003495 (Poonch). He also emphasized that the war against drugs will only be successful if the general public and all other stakeholders put their heads together and work in complete sync.
