Police Arrests 4 Drug Peddlers With Contraband Substance

SRINAGAR, Feb 20: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested four drug peddlers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district and recovered huge quantities of contraband substances from them.

Police said that during routine checking at Chatapora Pulwama, a suspicious motorcycle was intercepted with a pillion rider who on seeing police party tried to flee from the spot but was apprehended tactfully.

During the search, 16 bottles of Codeine Phosphate were recovered from the possession of pillion rider Afaq Ahmad Malik of Chatapora Pulwama and four codeine bottles have been recovered from the Motorcyclist Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Gangoo.