Srinagar: Police in Anantnag have arrested four drug peddlers in two separate operations and recovered a substantial quantity of narcotic substances.
A police spokesperson informed that a car (JK13A-5700) with two persons on board was stopped at Gund Baba Khalil. He said approximately 21 kilograms of raw narcotic material, including cannabis seeds were recovered from the car following which Mohammad Ayoub Kumar, son of Habibullah Kumar, and Javid Ahmad Kumar, son of Ghulam Hassan Kumar, both residents of Waghama, were arrested and vehicle seized.
Two more people were arrested at Zirpara near GDC Bijbehara after a cannabis-like narcotic substance weighing approximately 128 grams was recovered from their possession. The accused have been identified as Sahil Ahmad Khanday, son of Abdul Hameed Khanday, resident of Zirpara, and Amir Sohail, son of Mohammad Ashraf Teli, resident of Karewa Colony, Bijbehara, police said.
