J&K/Samba (The Stellar News), Anil Bhardwaj: Under the guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh, Police has achieved a major success and recovered hidden cash amounting to rupees three lakh (Rs 3,00,000) and nine (9) mobile phones from a hideout of heroin suppliers at infamous ‘chitta’ hotspot of Balol khad in the jurisdiction of Police Station Bari Brahmana and booked three notorious heroin suppliers including two women.
Pursuing investigation in case FIR No. 103/2023 u/s 8,21,22,25,29 NDPS Act at P/S Bari Brahmana, police conducted raids at the suspected hideouts of the heroin suppliers in the presence of Executive Magistrate Ist Class, conducted thorough searches following proper procedure under law. During the course of searches of suspected hideouts of top suppliers of heroin, police detected a small pit beneath a hearth which was dug out by police and Rs. 3,00,000 cash accumulated by heroin suppliers by illegal sale of contraband was recovered from the small pit beneath the hearth. Moreover, 9 suspected mobiles taken by the heroin suppliers from retail suppliers & addicts in lieu of ‘chitta’ were also recovered by police during searches.
Searches of the suspected hideouts were conducted by the police team comprising of Sub-Divisonal Police Officer (SDPO) Bari Brahmana Rahul Nagar, SHO Bari Brahmana Sunil Sharma & PSI Mohd Aslam in the presence of Executive Magistrate Ist Class Narinder Sharma under the supervision of Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary. Police has launched vigorous drive against heroin suppliers in samba district on the directions of SSP Samba Benam Tosh and in the past four months, as many as forty-two (42) top narco-suppliers have been arrested including five (05) notorious women drug suppliers. Moreover, several notorious heroin suppliers have also been booked under relevant sections of NDPS Act and police is conducting raids at suspected hideouts to nab them.
