4 drug peddlers arrested in Kulgam ,Baramulla: police

Srinagar | Feb, 9: Police on Wednesday said that it has arrested four drug peddlers in Kulgam and Baramulla and also recovered contraband substances from their possession.
In a statement issued on Wednesday police said that officers from PS Yaripora under the supervision of Dy SP PC Hatipora at a checkpoint established at Sunman bridge intercepted a vehicle (Santro) bearing registration number JK03C-6043 with three persons on board identified as Sheraz Ahmad Lone resident of Tungduno, Kamaljeet Singh resident of Nowshehra Punjab and Charanjeet Singh resident of Hushyarpur Punjab .
Stating that during checking officers recovered 16Kgs of Poppy Straw & a grinder from the possession of the above named accused who have been arrested and shifted to police station where they remain in custody, police in it’s statement further said that the vehicle used in the commission of crime has also been seized.
Police in it’s statement also said that in yet another similar action officers from Police Station Pattan under the supervision of SDPO Pattan Mohammad Nawaz arrested one person identified as Reyaz Ahmad Gojri son of Late Gh Mohammad Gojri resident of Pattan and recovered from him 15 bottles of Codeine Phosphate and 144 capsules of banned drugs following which he was shifted to police station where he remains in custody.
Stating that cases under relevant sections of the law have been registered in respective Police Stations and further investigation has been initiated,Police
in the concluding para of its statement appealed people to come forward with any information regarding drug peddlers in their neighbourhood but warned that people found indulging in drug peddling will be dealt as per law, stating therein further that consistent actions against drug peddlers are taken to keep society free from the scourge of drug menace.