Srinagar, June 11 -- A special police officer was 'disengaged' from service in Baramulla district for his alleged involvement in an NDPS case, police said on Wednesday.

Baramulla Police has disengaged SPO Khalid Nazir Khan, a resident of Katipora, Tangmarg, from the SPO cadre with immediate effect following his involvement in an NDPS case, a police spokesman said.

He said that during naka checking at Wussan Crossing in Kunzer area of the north Kashmir district on April 23 this year, police intercepted a vehicle.

The occupants in the vehicle, including the SPO, were found in a suspicious condition, the spokesman said, adding that during checking, among syringes and needles, the police also recovered a silver foil paper used for the cons...