J-K: Police book 8 drug smugglers in Baramulla

Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 23 Police have booked eight notorious drug smugglers under Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances ((PIT-NDPS) Act, 1988, in Baramulla after obtaining formal detention order from competent authority.
The notorious drug smugglers namely Javid Mohiuddin Bhat, resident of Karhama Kunzer; Danish Ahmad Dhobi, resident of Ogmuna village in Kunzer; Ghulam Mohiuddin, resident of Chandoosa village; Adil Ahmad Bhat, resident of Goom Ahmad Pora village in Pattan tehsil; Wikar Hussain Beigh, resident of Latifabad, Afreed Ahmad Wani, resident of Bandi Payeen; Bilal Ahmad Bhat, and Mohammad Asif Bhat, both residents of Maloora, Srinagar have been booked under PIT-NDPS Act.
The smugglers have been detained and subsequently lodged in Central Jail Kot-Bilwal in Jammu.
Several cases were registered against the said drug smugglers and they were involved in promoting drug abuse by supplying drugs to local youth in Bandi, Kunzer, Ogmuna, Pattan, Mirgund Wagoora, Kreeri and other areas of the district.
According to police, despite several FIRs lodged against them, they did not mend their activities and continued promoting drug abuse.