Police arrests two drug peddlers in Anantnag
Srinagar: Police arrested two drug peddlers in Anantnag and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Wednesday.
A Police party laid down a naka near Higher Secondary School Kullar and intercepted two vehicles bearing registration numbers JK02AR-9633 and JK02CJ-3995. During search of these vehicles, police party recovered about 90 Kgs of Poppy Straw.
Moreover, during their personal search police party also recovered Rs. 39,000 cash from their possession. Drivers of these vehicles identified as Ubaid Gulzar Lone son of Gulzar Ahmad Lone and Aijaz Ahmad Bhat son of Mohd Jabbar Bhat both residents of Taki Maqsood Shah Bijbehara were arrested on spot. They have been shifted to police station where they remain in custody. vehicles used in the commission of crime have also been seized.
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 08/2024 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Pahalgam and investigation has been taken up, he added.
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