4 drug peddlers in B’la; Contraband substances also recovered: Police

Srinagar : Police on Saturday said that it has arrested four drug peddlers in Baramulla and also recovered contraband substances from their possession.
In a statement issued from Zonal Police Headquarters Srinagar Police said that a police party of Police Station Chandoosa headed by SHO Police Station Chandoosa at a checkpoint established at Walraman Chandoosa, intercepted two persons identified as Farooq Ahmad Dar S/o GhNabiR/o Chakloo A/P Najibhat Kreeri and Mohd Altaf Sofi S/o Abdul Aziz R/o Chakloo Baramulla and during search recovered 40 grams of Heroin from the possession of the said accused who were arrested and shifted to Police Station Chandoosa where they remain in custody.
Police in its statement further said that in a similar action a Police party of Police Station Kunzer headed by SHO Police Station Kunzer at a checkpoint established at Dhobiwan Barzulla, intercepted a vehicle (Sumo) bearing registration number JK05B-0134 with two persons on board identified as Hilal Ahmad Wani& Bilal Ahmad Wani sons of GhNabi, both residents of BarzullaKunzer and during search recovered 510 grams of Charas and 11 Syrups of Codeine Phosphate from their possession following which they arrested and shifted to Police Station Kunzer where they remain in custody.
Stating that cases under relevant sections of law were registered at respective police stations besides which investigation were also initiated, Police in the concluding para of it’s above quoted statement people to cooperate with it in curbing the menace of drugs from the society.