Handwara: Police in Handwara arrested one person at a checkpoint and seized contraband substance from his possession.
One person identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Peer son of Abdul Ahad resident of Kalmuna Handwara was arrested and shifted to Police Station Handwara where he remains in custody, a police spokesman said.
He said that a checkpoint was established at Chogul and one person was arrested. Heroine concealed in a polythene bag weighing 750 gms was recovered from his possession.
One SANTRO car bearing registration number JK01V-1178 has also been seized in the matter.
Case FIR No 188/2019 under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Handwara and investigation has been taken up. It is learnt that the arrested person works in Armed Police, he added.
