Srinagar: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three drug peddlers in Awantipora and Pulwama in south Kashmir and recovered huge quantity of contraband substances from their possession.
According to police spokesman, continuing its efforts to eradicate menace of drugs from the society, police have arrested three drug peddlers in Awantipora & Pulwama and recovered huge quantity of contraband substances from their possession.
It also said, officers from Police Station Awantipora at a checkpoint established near Toll Plaza Awantipora intercepted a vehicle bearing registration number JK18-5715 with two persons on board identified as Bilal Ahmad Dar resident of Tulbagh Pampore and Raqib Hussain Ganie a resident of Hassanpora Arwani from whome 2 Kgs of Charas were recovered .
Stating that the accused have been arrested and shifted to police station where they remain in custody and the vehicle used in the commission of crime has also been seized, the police spokesman further said that a case vide FIR No.28/2021 under relevant sections of law stands registered at Police Station Awantipora and further investigation into the case has been initiated.
The spokesman also said that in Pulwama, officers from Police Station Litter received information that a person namely Ashiq Hussain resident of Badriwan has kept a huge quantity of Poppy straw in his cow shed.
Saying that on receipt of this, police party raided the said location and recovered 18 bags containing Poppy Straw weighing about 202 Kgs, the police spokesman said that the accused has been arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in custody.
“Accordingly, a case vide FIR No.04/2021 under relevant sections of law stands registered at Police Station Litter and investigation has been initiated”, the spokesman added.
