Srinagar: Police have arrested two alleged drug peddlers with a substantial quantity of narcotics in Budgam and Shopian districts, officials said on Sunday.
Acting on a specific input, a police team put up a checkpoint at Naghard in the Wachi area of Shopian and intercepted a drug peddler identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Pombia Kulgam, a police spokesman said.
During a search, 101 gm of cannabis-like substance was recovered from his possession, he said.
In Budgam, police arrested a drug peddler from the Checkpora Kralpora area and recovered 112 gm of cannabis-like substance from his possession, the spokesman said.
The accused has been identified as Moomin Qadir Dhobi, a resident of Dharambugh Kralpora in the district.
In another action, police recovered a substantial quantity of narcotic substance from a house in the Zainapora area of Shopian.
Acting on specific information, police registered a case under the NDPS Act and obtained a search warrant for the operation, the spokesman said.
A police team, accompanied by the executive magistrate, raided the house of Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh, a resident of Humhuna Nagbal.
During the search, 1 kg of cannabis-like substance, along with a grinder machine used for processing the contraband, was seized, the spokesman said.
The accused is absconding, and efforts are underway to arrest him, he said.
