Two held for drug-peddling in Kupwara

Two persons were today arrested on charges of drug peddling and a dozen bottles of codeine phosphate recovered from their possession in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Rayees Ahmad of Halmatpora and Mohammad Amin Khan of Haihama were arrested from near main Jamia Masjid in Kupwara town when they were in their car, 90 kms from here, a police spokesman said.
Following a tip-off about drug peddlers, police party intercepted the car and recovered 16 bottles of codeine phosphate from the possession of the accused persons, the spokesman said.
He said a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against them.