Baramulla Police launches major crackdown on Narco terror, 318 held

Baramulla police on Sunday said it conducted a massive crackdown on narco terror at various locations from Uri along the Line of Control (LoC) to other parts of Baramulla district over the last few days, arresting 318 drug peddlers while recovering huge consigments of drugs. Pakistan-based handlers, as part of a conspiracy, are using smugglers to push narcotics into Jammu and Kashmir get the younger generation addicted to drugs, as per police.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Baramulla, Amod Ashok Nagpuri said, “Baramulla is a border district and cross-border drugs and weapons smuggling is big challenge for us. Over the last six months, Baramulla police registered 187 FIRs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.”