Srinagar : Police on Wednesday said that it has arrested a drug peddler in Pulwama and also recovered contraband substance from his possession.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that while acting on specific input, a police party of Police Post Lassipora seized 6 Kgs of cannabis powder covered with polyethene bags hidden within plastic buckets, near the wall of a cowshed, adding therein that the accused involved in this illicit activity was identified as Ghulam Nabi Bhat S/o Assadulla Bhat R/o Petipora Lassipora and subsequently arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in custody.
Stating that a case under relevant sections of law was registered besides initiating further investigation , Police in the concluding para of its above quoted statement appealed people to come forward with any information regarding drug peddling in their neighbourhood but warned that people found indulging in drug peddling will be dealt as per law.