Anantnag : Police on Wednesday said that it has arrested two drug peddlers and also recovered over five kilograms of poppy straw along with charas in two separate anti-narcotic operations in Anantnag district.
In a statement issued here on Wednesday Police said that while acting on specific inputs searched a cowshed in Dandipora Phalipora and arrested Gh. Mohd. Wagay S/O Ali Mohd Wagay R/O Dandipora Phalipora after recovering approximately 5.57 kg of poppy straw.
In a separate action during routine checking at Nandpora, an Anantnag police party intercepted Ashiq Hussain Malik S/O Abdul Gani Malik R/O Bulbul Nowgam and recovered 7.28 grams of charas from his possession. Cases under relevant sections of the law have been registered at the respective police stations, and further investigations are underway.
