2 drug peddlers arrested in B’la & Handwara, Contraband substances recovered: Police

Srinagar : Police on Tuesday said that it has arrested two drug peddlers in Baramulla and Handwara 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 Boniyar headed by SHO Police Station Boniyar at a checkpoint established at Hundi Nowshera intercepted a suspect identified as Malik Sajad S/o Nazir Ahmad R/o Pandithpora and during search recovered 10 grams of Heroin-like substance from the possession of the said accused who was arrested and shifted to police station where he remains in custody.
Police in its statement further said that in a similar action at Handwara also a police party at a checkpoint established at Qalamabad Chowk, intercepted a suspicect identified as Javid Ahmad War S/o Gh Nabi War R/o Lach Mawar and during search recovered 25 grams of contraband Charas-like substances from his possession.
Stating that cases under relevant sections of law were registered at respective police stations besides initiating further investigations Police
in the concluding para of its above quoted statement appealed people to cooperate with it in the fight against drug abuse, reiterating therein its commitment to taking strict legal action against offenders for the causes of establishing a drug-free society.