Kargil: District Police Kargil recovered heroin-like substance from a man in Drass after intercepting a vehicle at a checkpoint in Minamarg. The accused, identified as Abdul Satar, was taken into custody and a case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
SHO Police Station Drass Manzoor Hussain Mir told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that they had received specific information that a consignment of contraband drugs was being carried from Srinagar towards Drass. Acting swiftly on the input, a naka was laid at the Traffic Checking Point (TCP) in Minamarg. During checking, a Xylo vehicle bearing registration number JK07-2358 was stopped.
Police said the suspect, Abdul Satar son of Maqsood, originally a resident of Baniyawala, Gorakhpur, Vasant Vihar, Dehradun, and presently working as a barber at Lal Chowk in Drass main market, was found seated in the front passenger seat of the vehicle. His personal search was conducted in the presence of an Executive Magistrate First Class and independent witnesses. From his carry bag, concealed inside a sock, a substance resembling heroin was recovered. On weighing, the contraband was found to be 10 grams, which falls under the intermediate quantity category.
Following the recovery, a case under FIR No. 63/2025 at Police Station Drass was registered under sections 8 and 21 of the NDPS Act, and further investigation has been taken up. Police sources added that legal formalities were completed on the spot by Inspector Manzoor Hussain, Station House Officer of Police Station Drass, under the supervision of Deputy Superintendent of Police Headquarters Kargil, and with the close guidance of Senior Superintendent of Police Kargil, Shree Raam. [KNT]
