Police arrests three drug peddlers
Srinagar: Police on Tuesday arrested three drug peddlers in Anantnag and Baramulla, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
He said that a huge cache of contraband substances have been recovered from their possession.
The spokesman said that police personnel at a checkpoint in Bijbehara arrested three drug peddlers identified as Mehraj Ahmad Sheikh son of Mohammad Ismail resident of Dalgate Srinagar, Mohammad Altaf Baluki son of Abdul Rashid resident of Ranawari Srinagar and Rayees Ahmad Lone son of Abdul Salam resident of Prichal Pulwama. Officers were able to recover 12Kgs of Charas powder from their possession. They have been arrested and shifted to police station where they remain in custody. A case under relevant sections of law has been registered at PS Bijbehara and investigation initiated.
In Baramulla, during routine patrolling at Yadipora Pattan a police party arrested a drug peddler identified as Laldin Poswal son of Siraj-ud-din Poswal resident of Warnow Lolab Kupwara and recovered 16 strips (172 tablets) of banned drugs from his possession. He has been arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in custody. A case under relevant section of law has been registered at PS Pattan and further investigation is in progress.
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