An alleged cattle smuggler was detained under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in the Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said.

Yaqoob Ali alias Juka, a resident of Madhera, was lodged in district jail Kathua under PSA after his formal detention orders were obtained from the district magistrate, Samba, a police official said.
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The PSA is an administrative law that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years in some cases.
Ali, who was apprehended from the Kathua-Punjab border, was involved in several criminal cases and posed a serious threat to peace and tranquillity in the region, the official said.
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