Srinagar: Police in Anantnag on Tuesday said that it has arrested a drug peddler and recovered contraband substance from his possession.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday police said that Officers from Police Station Bijbehara at a checkpoint established at Waghama Bijbehara intercepted a vehicle bearing registration number JK03C-8799 driven by one person identified as Ghulam Mohammad Dass son of Mohammad Maqbool Dass resident of Waghama Bijbehara .
Stating that during checking 55 Kgs of Poppy Straw were recovered from the above mentioned vehicle after which the above named accused was arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in custody, police in it’s statement further said that the vehicle used in the commission of crime has also been seized.
Police in the concluding para of the above referred statement also said that a case vide FIR No. 185/2021 under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Bijbehara and investigation has been taken up.