Kulgam : Police on Tuesday arrested three drug peddlers across multiple anti-narcotics operations in Kulgam and Anantnag and also recovered contraband substances.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, Police said that officers apprehended two peddlers during naka checking at Khudwani Bypass near SKUAST in Kulgam, recovering 747 grams of a cannabis-like substance. The duo was identified as Murtaza Ashraf, R/O Chansar, Kulgam, and Mohd Amir Kuttay, R/O Badi Jalan, DH Pora, Kulgam. In Anantnag, police intercepted Mushtaq Ahmad Rather S/O Mohd Yousuf Rather, R/O Semthan, at a checkpoint in Semthan and recovered 15 grams of charas from his possession. Cases under relevant sections of the NDPS Act have been registered at the respective police stations.
