Police arrests four drug peddlers in S Kashmir

Police today arrested four alleged drug peddlers and recovered a large quantity of brown sugar and other banned drugs from them in Pulwama and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir.

Mehraj-Ud-Din Wani, Mohammad Ayoub Fergadi and Mohammad Rafiq Kaloo were arrested after police recovered 56 packets of brown sugar during search of a three-wheeler at Awantipora, 32 kms from here, on Srinagar-Jammu national highway, a police spokesman said.

"Hailing from Bemina and Noorbagh localities of Srinagar, the trio were notorious drug peddlers and were arrested on a tip off," he said, adding a case under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against them.
 

In another operation, he said, police arrested a "drug peddler" and recovered 97 kilograms of 'Fukki' from his possession in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district.

Imtiyaz Ahmad Dar was driving a cab when he was intercepted by police on a tip off, he said, adding the search of the vehicle led to the recovery of the huge quantity of Fukki, a narcotic substance.

A case was registered against Dar, who is a resident of Bandina village of Awantipora, the spokesman said.