Srinagar: Police have arrested two drug peddlers in Shopian and Anantnag and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesperson informed Wednesday.
He said at Aaripora Turkwangam in Shopian, police arrested Mohammad Yousuf Sheikh of Kangnu Turkwangam after 928 grams of cannabis-like substance was recovered from his possession.
Ashiq Ahmad Bhat of Pazalpora, Bijbehara was arrested after 505 grams of cannabis powder-like substance was recovered from his possession, police said, adding that cases have been registered to ascertain backwards and forward linkages involved in the narcotics network.
