BARAMULLA: Baramula Police booked notorious drug smuggler Barkat Ali Mian @Raja of Mian Mohalla Pattan under PIT-NDPS Act.
The Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988. Long Title: An Act to provide for detention in certain cases for the purpose of preventing illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and for matters connected therewith.
Baramulla police in a statement said, Acting tough against drug peddlers and to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Baramulla Police booked notorious drug smuggler namely Barkat Ali Mian @Raja S/O Mohammad Maqbool Mian R/O Mian Mohalla Pattan* under PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining formal detention orders from the competent Authority*.
The booked drug smuggler has been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Balwal Jail Jammu.
Pertinent to mention that many cases are registered against the drug dmuggler and was involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth of Pattan and other areas of District Baramulla. Despite his involvement in many FIR’s they did not mend their activities and were again involved in promoting drug abuse trade by supplying drugs to local youth.
