{"id":17395,"date":"2026-04-17T17:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=17395"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:51:18","slug":"sopore-police-nab-40-in-drug-crackdown-this-year-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/sopore-police-nab-40-in-drug-crackdown-this-year-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Sopore Police nab 40 in drug crackdown this year so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sopore, Apr 17:\u00a0<\/strong>Police in Sopore have intensified anti-drug crackdown, registering 34 FIRs and arresting 40 persons in connection with multiple cases under the NDPS Act till April 17 this year, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sopore, Iftkhar Talib said that a significant quantity of contraband has been seized during the ongoing drive aimed at dismantling the drug network in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He said action has also been taken against vehicles and drivers involved in drug-related activities. \u201cAround 20 vehicles have been deregistered during the operation, while registrations have been cancelled. Besides, 15 driving licences have also been cancelled,\u201d the SSP said, adding that stricter measures will follow in future.<\/p>\n<p>Talib said the police are focusing on breaking the supply chain by targeting drug peddlers and their networks. \u201cWe are working to dismantle the entire supply chain, not just arrest individuals involved in peddling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that enforcement alone cannot curb the menace and called for collective action from society. \u201cDrug abuse is a social crime. If we look at it only as a policing issue, it will be difficult to tackle. Public awareness and community participation are crucial,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>SSP Talib said police have also launched awareness campaigns in schools and localities, while religious leaders are being engaged to spread anti-drug messaging. He urged people to play an active role in the fight against drugs and support efforts to curb the growing menace<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sopore, Apr 17:\u00a0Police in Sopore have intensified anti-drug crackdown, registering 34 FIRs and arresting 40 persons in connection with multiple cases under the NDPS Act till April 17 this year, officials said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sopore, Iftkhar Talib said that a significant quantity of contraband has been seized during the ongoing drive aimed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17397,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17395\/revisions\/17397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}