Nearly 4 kg cocaine-mixed powder, 80 gm charas and psychotropic tablets recovered from parcel

Ganderbal, Aug 10(KNZ/TMJ): Ganderbal Police have foiled an alleged bid to frame a man in a false drug case after intercepting a narcotics-laden parcel and arresting his wife’s former partner, officials said.

On August 8, Police Station Safapora received credible information about a suspicious parcel dispatched from outside Jammu and Kashmir and addressed to a Safapora resident. A case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered and an investigation was initiated.

The parcel was intercepted at Safapora Post Office and opened as per procedure in the presence of an Executive Magistrate, FSL and Crime teams, besides the sniffer dog squad.

The suspected contraband was seized and samples were sent for confirmatory analysis. The examination confirmed the material as approximately 4 kg of cocaine-mixed powder, 80 grams of charas and psychotropic tablets, police said.

During the investigation, police found that the consignment had allegedly been arranged as part of a conspiracy to falsely implicate the addressee in a drug case.

The investigation revealed the alleged involvement of the man’s wife’s former partner, who had reportedly arranged the consignment through a contact based outside the Union Territory.

The accused, identified as Tariq Ahmad Sofi of Zainakot, Srinagar, has been apprehended, police said.

Further investigation is underway to trace the source of the narcotics, establish the wider network and ascertain the role of other persons involved in the alleged conspiracy.

Police said further arrests and disclosures are expected as the investigation progresses.(KNZ/TMJ)