Archive · 12 Aug 2026
Kashmir ex-boyfriend sent cocaine parcel to newlywed farmer's home
A man in Kashmir had just gotten married.
Someone secretly sent him a package full of illegal drugs, but the police stopped it at the post office.
The police got a secret tip and found the drugs when the package arrived.
The man said he thought the package contained food for his chickens.
The police talked to his new wife and found out her old boyfriend had planned the whole thing.
The old boyfriend wanted the husband to get in trouble with the police.
He had even called earlier to warn the husband not to marry her.
The old boyfriend was arrested and now faces serious legal trouble.
The police are still trying to find out if his friend who sent the package knew about the drugs.
J&K Police intercepted a parcel at a Ganderbal post office on August 8 after a tip-off about a narcotics consignment.
The parcel contained four kilograms of cocaine, 80 grams of cannabis and psychotropic drugs, and was couriered from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, about 1,300 km away.
The intended recipient was a newlywed poultry farmer who believed the parcel contained poultry feed samples promised via WhatsApp.
Police traced the plot to Tariq Ahmad Sofi of Srinagar, his wife's former boyfriend, who allegedly arranged the parcel and tipped off police to frame the farmer.
Sofi was arrested on August 9 and booked under sections 8/20 and 21 of the NDPS Act; police are investigating whether his friend Areeb, the sender in Saudi Arabia, knew about the drugs.
- Who
- Tariq Ahmad Sofi, the former boyfriend of a newlywed poultry farmer's wife, who allegedly orchestrated the drug parcel, and the farmer who was its intended recipient
- What
- Sofi allegedly arranged for a parcel containing four kg of cocaine, 80 g of cannabis and psychotropic drugs to be sent to the farmer's home and then tipped off police so the farmer would be arrested in a drugs case
- When
- Tip-off received and parcel intercepted on August 8; Sofi arrested on August 9; the warning call to the farmer was received earlier this year
- Where
- Ganderbal district in Jammu and Kashmir; the parcel was couriered from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, about 1,300 km away
- Why
- Sofi, who had warned the farmer against marrying his former girlfriend, allegedly hatched a plot to get the farmer framed on drug charges
- Narcotics seized
- 4 kg cocaine, 80 g cannabis and psychotropic drugs
- Parcel origin
- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (about 1,300 km from Ganderbal)
- Intended recipient
- Newlywed poultry farmer in Ganderbal
- Suspect arrested
- Tariq Ahmad Sofi, resident of Zainakote, Srinagar (August 9)
- Charges
- Sections 8/20 and 21 of the NDPS Act
- Alleged motive
- Ex-boyfriend wanted the farmer framed in a drugs case
- Prior warning
- Farmer had received a warning call from a Saudi Arabia number against marrying
- Alleged sender
- Areeb, Sofi's friend from Kanpur now living in Saudi Arabia
