Police arrests four drug peddlers
Srinagar: Police have arrested four drug peddlers in Shopian, Ganderbal and Baramulla and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
He said that in Shopian, a police party at a checkpoint established near Zaipora Crossing intercepted a person identified as Adil Farooq Dar son of Farooq Ahmad Dar resident of Retnipora Shopian. During search, officers were able to recover 17 grams of heroin like substance and 112 grams of charas powder like substance, cash amount of Rs 1560/- and a mobile phone was recovered from his possession. He has been arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in custody.
Meanwhile, in Ganderbal, following a specific information regarding presence of contraband substances in the newly constructed house of Noor Mohammad Ganai son of Ghulam Nabi Gani resident of Rakh Haran Ganderbal a special Police team was constituted which reached the spot. During the search of the house, 05 Kgs of crushed cannabis (Bang Patri) m contraband substance was recovered and seized. The owner of the house was arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in custody.
In Baramulla, a police party at a checkpoint established at Maharajpora Kungamdara Baramulla intercepted two persons identified as Fakhruddin Malik son of Mehraj ud Din and Waseem Ahmad Sheikh son of Shamsuddin both residents of Singhpora Pattan. During search, 60 grams of Charas like contraband substance was recovered from their possession. They have been arrested and shifted to PS where they remain in custody.
Accordingly, cases under relevant sections of law have been registered in respective police stations and investigations have been initiated, the spokesman added.
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