Srinagar, June 24 -- Police have arrested five drug peddlers in Sopore and Kulgam and recovered contraband substances from their possession.
According to a police spokesperson, in Sopore, one Mehraj-ud-Din Mir, son of Abdul Khaliq Mir of Chijhama Rafiabad, was arrested along with contraband substances during a checkpoint at Lalad near Bridge.
In another operation at Takyibal, another person identified as Bilal Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar resident of Chankhan Sopore was apprehended with poppy straw-like substance.
In Kulgam district at a checkpoint established at Arreh, police intercepted a vehicle (JK18D-3833) with two persons on board. During the search, 8.1 Kgs of poppy straw-like substance was recovered from their possession....