Latest Sopore News & Updates

Srinagar, July 22 (IANS) Following the terror attack in J&K’s Anantnag town in which one local policeman was killed, police intensified raids across the Valley on Wednesday and over 3,000 Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of terrorist outfits were rounded up. Senior officials said security forces have intensified raids across the Kashmir Valley, picking up over 3,000 OGWs after a cop was killed in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.J&K Police along with security forces lau…

Srinagar, July 13 (IANS) J&K Police said on Monday that it has attached immovable properties worth Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding drug peddler in the Sopore sub-division of Baramulla district.”In a major action against the narcotics ecosystem under the ongoing 100-Day Nasha Mukt Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyaan, Sopore police have attached two immovable properties worth over Rs 1.23 crore belonging to an absconding and notorious drug peddler under the provisions of Section 68F of the N…

Srinagar, July 11 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Special Investigation Agency (SIA) said on Saturday that it has secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice against a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist involved in the April 2013 terror attack in the Hygam area of Sopore sub-division. In a breakthrough in its sustained counter-terrorism efforts, the SIA Kashmir has secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice (RCN) against designated Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terrorist Imtiyaz Ahmad Kandoo alias Fayaz alias Sajad, markin…

Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday said it has arrested three persons after recovering a huge quantity of ‘Charas’ (marijuana) from them. A police statement said today that continuing its sustained drive against drug trafficking, police in Bandipora achieved a major success by apprehending three drug peddlers and recovering a substantial quantity of contraband during naka checking in the Hajin area.Besides, police arrested a drug peddler in Sopor…

Srinagar, July 1 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore sub-division on Wednesday registered FIR against persons facilitating cyber fraud through the use of mule accounts.Officials said the Cyber Police Station in Sopore has registered an FIR against individuals allegedly facilitating cyber fraud through the use of mule bank accounts,Officials said on Wednesday that the action was part of an intensified drive to crack down on cyber financial crimes and networks that enable fraudsters to r…

Srinagar, May 31 (IANS) Three persons were apprehended on Sunday while they were trying to cross the Line of Control (LoC) into Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir.Officials said the Army nabbed the three persons as they tried to cross the LoC in Kashmir.All three persons are hailing from the Sopore area of Baramulla district. They were trying to exfiltrate into PoK from the Hathlanga-Nambla axis during the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday, the officials sa…

Srinagar, May 16 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Sopore sub-division on Saturday carried out searches at 15 locations in connection with the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) cases linked to the banned Jamaat-e-Islami organisation.Police said that in Sopore sub-division searches were carried out at over 15 locations across Bomai, Warpora, Sopore and Tarzoo in connection with a UAPA case linked to the banned Jamaat-e-Islami network.The ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami party was extended by the g…

Srinagar, May 15 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town said on Friday that they have attached the property of a terror handler operating from Pakistan as part of the ongoing major crackdown on terror network. A police statement said that the proclaimed offender linked to terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen had crossed to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) for arms training and was now acting as a terror handler from there.Police attached the immovable property of a proclaimed offender involv…

Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore town said on Monday it has carried out a major crackdown against drug peddlers and arrested five people in three separate FIRs.A police statement said today under the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu Kashmir Abhiyaan, in continuation of the sustained anti-drug enforcement drive, Sopore Police achieved a major success by apprehending five drug peddlers in three separate actions and recovering psychotropic substances across Police District Sop…

Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) During the ongoing 100-day long ‘Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan’, 616 FIRs were registered and 646 people were arrested as authorities demolished a structure belonging to a drug peddler in Sopore. Officials said on Sunday that during the ongoing anti-drug campaign 614 FIRs were registered, 646 people were arrested as authorities demolished a structure belonging to a drug peddler in Sopore town.An official statement said that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has…