Srinagar : Police on Monday said that it has arrested two drug peddlers in Baramulla and also recovered contraband substances from their possession.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that a police party of Police Station Baramulla headed by SHO Police Station Baramulla at a checkpoint established at Azadgunj Baramulla, intercepted a person identified as Nazir Ahmad Gagroo S/o Ab Khaliq R/o Arampora Azadgunj Baramulla and during search recovered 20 grams of Brown Sugar from the possession of the said accused who was arrested and shifted to Police Station Baramulla where he remains in custody.
Police in its statement also said that in a similar action a police party of Police Station Bijhama headed by SHO Police Station Bijhama at a checkpoint established at Bijhama Baramulla, intercepted a person identified as Iqbal War S/o Ahmad War R/o Gujjarpati Lachipplora Bijhama and during search recovered 3.2 Kgs of Cannabis Powder from the possession of the said accused who was arrested and shifted to Police Station Bijhama where he remains in custody.
Stating that the police has accordingly registered cases under relevant sections of law at Police Station Baramulla and Police Station Bijhama and initiated further investigations into the case, Police in the concluding para of it’s above quoted statement appealed people to cooperate with it in curbing the menace of drugs from the society and reiterated it’s commitment to take tough action against the criminals as per law.
