The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Wednesday said it has apprehended a proclaimed offender in a narco-terror case, who had been evading arrest for the last two years.
In an official statement SIA said, “SIA Kashmir has apprehended proclaimed offender Abdul Rashid Mir, resident of Amargarh, Sopore, who was at large for the last two years. The accused is a part of a cross-border narco-terror module operating in the Valley.”
“Narcotics and small arms were smuggled across the border by terror operatives of LeT into Sopore town and thereafter peddled throughout the Valley among the youth,” the agency said.
The statement further said, “During the course of investigation of this case (FIR 19/2022), eight members of the narco-terror module have been arrested by SIA Kashmir so far.”
Terming the latest arrest significant, the SIA said, “The arrest of Abdul Rashid Mir is a major jolt to the narco-terror operatives across the border who push the youth to drugs besides using the proceeds to fuel terrorism in the Union Territory.” (KDC)
