Skinder Gull
The Jammu Kashmir Police on Monday claimed to have recovered three thousand litres of illicit kerosene in Lethpora area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir.
An official told The Kashmiriyat that acting on information about the illicit trade of subsidized kerosene fuel at village Khinbugh Lethpora.
Following the input, a Police party from Police Station Awantipora raided the said village and recovered approximately 3000 (Three Thousand) litres of kerosene from a tanker bearing registration numbers JK02X-9426 and truck bearing registration number JK05A-7626.
The official said, the persons involved in the said illicit trade have been apprehended on the spot.
The arrested have been identified as Uzair Ahmad Ganie resident of Samboora Pampore Pulwama and Faisal Ahmad Mir resident Panzgam Kupwara district.
Both the arrested persons have been booked under the relevant provisions of law covered by case FIR No. 130/2020 of Police Station Awantipora.
Further investigation is going on, the Police official said.