Srinagar: Three alleged drug peddlers have been arrested from Baramulla and Shopian districts of Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.
“As a part of sustained efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, police arrested three drug peddlers in Baramulla and Shopian districts, recovering contraband substances from their possession,” a police spokesperson said.
He said 8 gram of a brown sugar drug like substance was recovered from two people travelling in a cab in Tangmarg area of Baramulla district.
“The suspects, identified as Zahid Ahmad Mir and Mohammad Yaseen Magray, were arrested and a case under relevant sections of law registered against them,” the spokesperson said.
In Shopian, police received specific information that a suspected drug peddler — Abdul Hamid Thoker — had allegedly concealed a large quantity of contraband substances in his cowshed.
A police accompanied by the executive magistrate raided the cowshed of Abdul Hamid Thoker.
“During the search, 1.01 kg of cannabis and 470 grams of charas-like substance was seized and the accused arrested on the spot,” the spokesperson said.
