KNZ NEWS DESK
Srinagar, Feb 28 (KNO): Taking forward ‘mission waapisi’ of District administration Srinagar, Srinagar Police on Monday booked 21 chronic drug peddlers under Public Safety Act (PSA) and 69 other drug peddlers have been detained and bound down under various provisions of CrPC.
During today’s crackdown many localities were raided by teams of district administration and district Police led by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Aijaz Assad and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rakesh Balwal, these localities are where drug peddling activities were reported by many vigilant citizens.
According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), these raids led to arrest of many accused and recovery of large quantity of narcotics and proceeds of drugs.
Srinagar district administration and Srinagar police assured all citizens of Srinagar that action against narcotics and drugs will continue till this menace is completely eradicated from Srinagar.
A dedicated narcotics related control room has been started in DC office with representatives of district administration, Police, Social Welfare, Health and Medical department with telephone number 01942483651.
This control room will also have social media handles for better public interface and will be functional from 10 am to 10 pm every day.
Srinagar police has already activated a narcotic helpline number 9596770550 which is operational 24×7.
Srinagar police solicited assistance from public as equal stakeholders in eradicating this evil menace from the society—(KNO)
