Srinagar, Jul 28 : Three drug peddlers were arrested by police in Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
On a tip off, the Police Station Chadoora has raided residences of some drug peddlers at Nagam and arrested three drug peddlers identified as Bilal Reshi s/o Mohd Reshi R/o Dalipora Nagam, Imtiyaz Gola s/o Yousuf Gola R/o Babawani Nagam and Irshad Ahmad S/o Gulla Yatoo. The anti drug initiative of the Chadoora police has been widely appreciated by the general public of the area.
People of the area while lauding action of the police against drug abuse, have urged to intensify the drive further so that the menace of drug peddling is curbed effectively in the area.
People of the area have offered wholehearted cooperation to the police in its crusade against drug peddlers adding that the drug addiction menace among youth has spread on an alarming proportion, which was ruining the career of budding youth besides causing a slow death to them.
Parents of the area are of the view that if they failed to eradicate drug menace instantly, the future generation was bound to get ruined, for which lapse, posterity would never forgive them.
Meanwhile, local Masjid Imams of Nagam have appealed to the parents to keep a close watch on the activities of their wards so that they do not get influenced and entangled in vicious circle of drug peddlers.