SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested six alleged drug peddlers in Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts and recovered charas-like substances, cannabis and heroin from their possession, police said on Tuesday. In Shopian, police arrested two persons during naka checking at Circuit House, Heerpora, and recovered 60 grams of a charas-like substance from each of […]
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Er. Maroof Wani meets ARTO Shopian, raises transporters issues
SHOPIAN — Socio-political activist Er. Maroof Ahmad Wani on Thursday met the Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO), Shopian, and discussed various issues confronting the transport community. During the meeting, Wani highlighted concerns related to the welfare of transporters and stressed the need for effective coordination between the concerned authorities and transport representatives to address their […]
Drug peddler held with heroin-like substance, ₹12,050 cash in Shopian
SHOPIAN — Police in Shopian arrested a suspected drug peddler and recovered 1.95 grams of heroin-like substance and ₹12,050 in cash from his possession, officials said on Wednesday. Police said a team from Police Station Zainapora, during routine naka checking at Aglar, intercepted a person under suspicious circumstances and searched him. During the search, 1.95 […]
Man held in Shopian for allegedly posing as DC Office employee, cheating family
SHOPIAN — Police have arrested a man in Shopian district for allegedly impersonating a government employee and cheating the family of a cancer patient of ₹9,999, officials said on Saturday. Police said the complaint was received at Police Station Shopian from Farooq Ahmad Sofi of Manghama, who had posted an appeal on social media seeking […]
Two bootleggers arrested in Shopian, 43 liquor bottles recovered
SHOPIAN — Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested two alleged bootleggers and recovered 43 bottles of illicit liquor from their possession during naka checking in Arhama area of Shopian district on Wednesday, police said. The accused were identified as Lawaris, son of Suriyaban Chavan, and Daramdas Khosla, son of Dhamdhari Khosla, both residents of Maharashtra and […]
22 doctor, 144 paramedical posts vacant in Shopian health institutions: Govt
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government informed the Assembly that 22 doctor posts and 144 paramedical and other staff posts are vacant in health institutions across Shopian district, while Kulgam has 27 vacant doctor posts and 222 vacancies among paramedical and other staff. The information, according to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, was […]
Five held with drugs in separate operations across Shopian, Kulgam, Anantnag
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested five alleged drug peddlers and recovered various contraband substances during separate operations in Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts, officials said on Monday. In Shopian, police during naka checking at Matipora Bridge intercepted Feroz Ahmad Wani, a resident of Batamuran. A search of his nylon bag led to […]
Police arrest drug peddler in Shopian, recover 13.264 kg ganja-like substance
SHOPIAN — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Shopian have arrested a suspected drug peddler and recovered 13.264 kg of a ganja-like substance and four grams of a charas-like substance from his possession, police said. The arrest was made during routine naka checking at Matipora Bridge, where a police party from Police Post Berthipora intercepted a […]
Shopian court grants interim relief, orders reopening of Siraj-ul-Uloom
SRINAGAR — A local court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday ordered the reopening of Darul Uloom Jamia Siraj-ul-Uloom, an educational institution declared an unlawful entity under the anti-terror law UAPA earlier this year by the administration. The court of Principal and Session Judge Shopian, Mehmood Ahmad Chowdhary, directed that until the matter […]
Police attach house, freeze cash in Shopian drug trafficking case
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have attached a residential house and frozen cash worth ₹4.73 lakh in Shopian district, alleging that the property and money were acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking, officials said on Friday. Police said the residential house, built on 1,065 sq ft of land at Melhura village and valued at […]









