Kulgam, May 29 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police Thursday said that in a significant breakthrough, police in Kulgam have arrested a lady drug peddler and recovered a substantial quantity of contraband substances from her possession.

A police spokesman in a statement issued to the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said "a Police party from Police Station Qaimoh at a checkpoint established at Sofigund, noticed a lady attempting to flee the scene. The alert police party promptly apprehended her. During search, 07 grams of Brown Sugar, 2 kgs of Poppy Straw and cash amount of Rs.10,000/- pertains to the proceeds of narcotics was recovered from her possession. The lady drug peddler (name withheld) wife of Manto Hussain resident of Malda Calcu...