B’Pora: Police in North Kashmir’s Bandipora apprehended an infamous drug peddler and recovered psychotropic substances from his possession.
A police spokesperson said that acting on a specific information, a police party from Police Station Sumbal during naka checking at Nesbal crossing arrested one person along with 14 bottles of Codeine Phosphate. The accused has been identified as Asif Wagay alias Asif Yalgaar, a resident of Hilalaabad Nesbal Sumbal.
During preliminary enquiry it was revealed that the accused was a notorious drug peddler and there were 2 cases already registered against him by Ganderbal Police, moreover the accused was selling the drugs to youth of the area at exorbitant rates and make them drug addicts.
A case vide FIR number 47/2021 under relevant sections of NDPS Act was registered in police station Sumbal and further investigation has been taken up.