Srinagar : Police in Baramulla on Saturday said that it has arrested five accused persons involved in cultivating Poppy at Kamalkote, Shadra Sarai areas of Uri sector.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said earlier this month, after receiving specific inputs Baramulla Police destroyed huge cultivation of poppy which was spread on over 4-5 kanals of land in Kamalkote, Shadra, Sarai areas of Uri sector in District Baramulla and a case under relevant sections of law was registered at Police Station Uri and investigation was initiated.
Police in it’s statement further said that during the course of investigation, a police party led by In-charge PP Kamalkote PSI Shubham Seth under the overall supervision of SDPO Uri Shokat Ali identified and arrested five accused persons who were found involved in cultivation of poppy in their land , adding therein that the said accused have been identified as Asgar Hussain S/o Akbar Hussain, Iftikhar Hussain S/o Mohd Afzal Manhas, Maajid Ali S/o Hashim Ali Khan, Abdul Rashid Manhas S/o Feroz Din, all residents of Sarie Shadra, and Syed Tufail Hussain son of Anayat Hussain resident of Kundi Barjala Shadra.
Police in the concluding para of it’s above quoted statement appealed people to come forward with any information regarding cultivation of contrabands in their neighbourhood and reiterated that people found indulging in drug peddling & cultivation of contraband substances shall be dealt as per law.
