Srinagar : Police on Tuesday said that it has arrested six drug peddlers in Shopian, Kulgam, and Anantnag and also recovered contraband substances from their possession during a continued drive against the menace of drugs.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday Police said that a police party from Police Station Heerpora during routine naka checking at Circuit House intercepted an Alto vehicle bearing registration number JK22C-4688 traveling from Sedow towards Shopian with two persons on board, identified as Mashooq Ahmad Hajam S/O Mohd Shaban Hajam and Bilal Ahmad Hajam S/O Gh Mohd Hajam, both R/O Sedow, Heerpora, from whose personal search 60 grams of charas-like substance was recovered each. A case under FIR No. 115/2026 under the relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Heerpora with further investigation initiated to ascertain the source of the contraband and establish its forward and backward linkages. In another similar action a police party of Police Post Mir Bazar intercepted a blue-coloured auto-rickshaw bearing registration number JK03P-3053 at NH-244 near Lalipora Crossing during dynamic Naka checking and recovered 860 grams of cannabis-like substance and 12.05 grams of charas from a polythene bag inside the driver’s cabin, and identified the driver as Fazil Ahmad Sheikh S/O Nisar Ahmad Sheikh, R/O Kapran, Veerinag, Anantnag. A case under FIR No. 255/2026 under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Qazigund. Similarly a police party from Police Station Kokernag apprehended Mushtaq Ahmad Rather S/O Gh Mohd Rather, R/O Panzgam, Kokernag, while patrolling at Soaf Shali and recovered approximately 119 grams of charas powder-like substance from his possession and registered a case under FIR No. 175/2026 under Sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act at Police Station Kokernag. Police parties from Police Station Dooru also apprehended Adil Ahmed Wani R/O Malikpora and Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh R/O Verinag and recovered approximately 7 grams and 8 grams of heroin respectively from their personal searches, with cases registered under relevant provisions of law at Police Station Dooru. In its statement Police reiterated its commitment to curb the menace of drugs and establish a drug-free society, appealing people therein to cooperate and share with it information regarding drug peddling for timely action.
