Srinagar: Police on Friday arrested a drug peddler along with 73 bottles of Codeine Phosphate in Shadipora area of Sumbal in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
An police spokesperson said the drug peddler identified as Bilal Ahmad Rather, a resident of Waskura are of Ganderbal was arrested by a team led by SHO Sumbal at a checkpoint established at Shadipora and recovered 73 bottles of psychotropic substance-Codeine Phosphate from his possession.
He said a case FIR No.143 /2020 under relevant sections of NDPS act has been registered at police station Sumbal and further investigation has been taken up.
Meanwhile, police have appealed to the general public to come forward with any information regarding drug peddlers in their neighbourhood.
“Persons found indulging in drug peddling and cultivation of contraband substances will be dealt strictly as per law,” he said
