Anantnag : Police on Thursday arrested six drug peddlers during separate operations across Anantnag and Awantipora, and also recovered charas, charas powder, brown sugar, and heroin from their possession.
In a statement issued here on Thursday, police said that one Arafat Ahmad Ahanger S/O Nazir Ahmad Ahanger R/O Rathsuna Tral was arrested by it at Pinglish Awantipora with 55 grams of charas. A case uder FIR No. 124/2026 has been registered at Police Station Tral. In Anantnag, Shabir Ahmad Deedad S/O Gh. Qadir Deedad R/O Lehandajan Pahalgam was arrested with 1.570 kg of charas powder (FIR No. 109/2026 at PS Srigufwara). Two others, Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat S/O Mohd. Shafi Bhat and Sabgatullah Ganie S/O Khursheed Ahmad Ganie, both R/O Ganipora Mattan, were arrested with 30.4 grams of brown sugar (FIR No. 125/2026 at PS Mattan). Furthermore, Fardin Ahmad Khan alias Sameer Khan S/O Bashir Ahmad Khan R/O Qazi Mohalla Anantnag was caught with 13 grams of heroin, and Owais Hassan Allaie S/O Gh. Hassan Allaie R/O Niana GB Khalil was arrested with 7 grams of charas by Police Post Sangam.
