Srinagar : Police on Thursday said that it has arrested three drug peddlers in Awantipora and Budgam and also recovered contraband/ psychotropic substances from their possession.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that in Awantipora, a police party of Police Station Tral at a checkpoint established at Bajwani Tral arrested a drug peddler Mohd Amin Malik S/o Ghulam Nabi Malik R/o Lurgam Tral and during search recovered 2000 capsules of banned drug from the possession of the said accused who was shifted to police station where he remains in custody. Police in its statement further said that a police party of Police Post Toll Plaza at a checkpoint established near Toll Plaza Awantipora intercepted a vehicle (Auto Rickshaw) bearing registration number JK01AR-2030 driven by one Mushtaq Ahmad Chopan S/o Abdul Samad Chopan R/o Hawal Srinagar and during search recovered 52 grams of charas the possession of the said accused who was arrested and shifted to Police Station where he remains in custody.
Police in it’s statement furthermore said that in a similar action in Budgam also a police party of Police Post Hardpanzoo during routine naka checking at Qumiroo Crossing intercepted a suspect Bashir Ahmed Hajam S/o Gh Ahmad Hajam R/o Qumiroo , who on seeing the police party tried to flee from the spot but was apprehended tactfully and during search recovered 4 Kgs 660 grams of Poppy Straw like substance in powder form the possession of the said accused who was arrested and shifted to Police Station where he remains in custody.
Stating that cases under relevant sections of law were registered at respective Police Stations besides initiating further investigations , the Police in the concluding para of its above quoted statement appealed people to cooperate with it in curbing the menace of drugs from the society and reiterated its commitment to take tough against the criminals as per law.
