2 drug peddlers arrested in Ganderbal contraband substance also recovered : Police

Ganderbal : Police on Wednesday said that it has arrested two drug peddlers in Ganderbal and recovered contraband substance from their possession
In a statement issued on Wednesday police said that officers from Police Post Shadipora under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Ganderbal at a checkpoint established at Khanmohalla Pati Shalabugh road intercepted a vehicle Maruti 800 bearing registration number JK01U-7177 with two persons on board and recover 22 Codeine Phosphate bottles from their possession following which they were identified as Basit Gulam son of Gh Mohammad Sheikh resident of Padshahi Bagh Srinagar and Ashiq Dar @ Nada son of Abdul Hamid Dar resident of Sarai Dangarpora Sumbal.
Stating that the above named accused have been arrested and shifted to police station where they remain in custody, police in it’s statement further said that the vehicle used in the commission of crime has also been seized, stating therein further that a case vide FIR No. 12/2022 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Ganderbal and investigation has been taken up.
Police in the concluding para of it’s above referred statement appealed people to come forward with any information regarding drug peddlers in their neighbourhood, but warned that people found indulging in drug peddling will be dealt as per law. Police in it’s statement further said that actions against drug peddlers are taken to keep society free from the scourge of drug menace.