SRINAGAR: Police in Awantipora apprehended a drug peddler in Reshipora and recovered contraband substances from his possession.
A police spokesperson said one Imtiyaz Ahmad Naikoo, resident of Reshi Mohalla, Tral Payeen, was arrested at Ghat Tokina after the search of his black-coloured pithu bag yielded 1.20 kg of semi-dried cannabis-like substance, 109.97 grams of dark-brown compressed cannabis-like substance wrapped in maize husk, and 4.96 grams of dark-brown round shaped compressed cannabis-like substance.
A case under relevant sections of the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Awantipora, and further investigation has been taken up, police said.
