{"id":10885,"date":"2026-08-10T19:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10885"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:22:15","slug":"jk-police-foil-government-staffer-bid-to-trap-ex-lovers-husband-in-drug-case-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=10885","title":{"rendered":"J&#038;K police foil government staffer bid to trap ex-lover\u2019s husband in drug case | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133132758,imgsize-67536,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/police.jpg\" alt=\"J&amp;K police foil government staffer bid to trap ex-lover\u2019s husband in drug case\" title=\"Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal.\">Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>SRINAGAR: J&amp;K police on Monday claimed to have busted a plot by a 51-year-old govt employee to get his former lover\u2019s newlywed husband arrested in a narcotics case. The accused allegedly couriered illegal drugs to the husband in an attempt to resume his affair with the 27-year-old woman.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The case came to light after police in Ganderbal district received information about a suspected drug consignment being sent through a courier service. Police intercepted the parcel shipped from Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Kanpur and deployed a sniffer dog to examine it.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cIt contained around 4 kg of a powder-like substance which, on FSL examination, tested positive for cocaine, having huge value in the international market,\u201d police said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Four packets, each containing 80 grams of what police described as \u201cpure charas\u201d, and strips of suspected psychotropic tablets were seized.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The consignment was addressed to the woman\u2019s husband, a poultry farm owner, who told police he was expecting poultry feed from a person who had contacted him through WhatsApp. He denied any knowledge of the drugs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Police then examined the husband\u2019s background, as well as the phone records of the newlyweds, who married just a month ago. Investigators said the woman\u2019s phone records provided the first major clue, leading them to Sofi, who had arranged the consignment through a friend identified as Areeb.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Police are investigating whether the woman was part of the plot.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Investigators are also scanning Areeb\u2019s movements and possible links to Saudi Arabia after his phone records showed he called the poultry farm owner from that country. Police are also trying to establish how the drugs were procured and dispatched to Ganderbal through the courier.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cWe are also investigating whether the drugs were originally procured in the Valley and then dispatched to Kanpur, just to be couriered back to the poultry farm owner,\u201d police said.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/jk-police-foil-govt-staffer-bid-to-trap-ex-lovers-hubby-in-drug-case\/articleshow\/133132416.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal. SRINAGAR: J&amp;K police on Monday claimed to have busted a plot by a 51-year-old govt employee to get his former lover\u2019s newlywed husband arrested in a narcotics case. 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