J&K police foil govt staffer bid to trap ex-lover’s hubby in drug case

Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal.SRINAGAR: J&K police on Monday claimed to have busted a plot by a 51-year-old govt employee to get his former lover’s 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.Police have arrested the accused, Tariq Ahmad Sofi, employed with wildlife department in Ganderbal.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’s Kanpur and deployed a sniffer dog to examine it.“It contained around 4 kg of a powder-like substance wh