5 drug peddlers held in valley

Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested five drug peddlers in the Valley. Officials said drug peddlers were arrested from north Kashmir’s Sopore and south Kashmir’s Kulgam. Contraband substances were recovered from their possession.

The police said that in Sopore, one person identified as Mehraj-ud-Din Mir, a resident of Chijhama Rafiabad, was arrested along with contraband substance at a checkpoint at Lalad near the bridge.

In another operation at Takyibal, another person, identified as Bilal Ahmad Dar, a resident of Chankhan Sopore, was apprehended with poppy straw-like substance.

The police said a team of Kulgam district — at a checkpoint established at Arreh — intercepted a vehicle with two persons on board.

During search, 8.1 kg of poppy straw-like substance was recovered from their possession.

They have been identified as Nazir Ahmad Kumar, a resident of Awhatoo Kulgam, and Ghulam Rasool Malla, a resident of Khudwani, who were “subsequently arrested and the vehicle used in the commission of the crime was also seized.”

The police said on a specific information regarding presence of contraband substance in the house of Murad Ahmad Behroo, a resident of Matalham, a police team along with the executive magistrate concerned reached the spot.

During search, 800 gm of poppy straw-like substance was recovered from the house. Subsequently, the house owner was arrested.

J & K