Srinagar, May 5 -- Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, Police on Monday said to have arrested a drug peddler in Ganderbal and recovered psychotropic substances from his possession.

"A Police party of Police Station Kheerbawani at a checkpoint established at Baroosa Chowk, intercepted a suspicious person who on seeing naka party tried to flee from the spot and was apprehended tactfully. He has been identified as Ashiq Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Hameed Dar resident of Sarai Dangerpora Bandipora. During search, Contraband Substance (Codeine Phosphate) was recovered from his possession and was subsequently arrested," a police spokesman said in a statement issued to the news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO).

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