SRINAGAR, Oct. 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested nine alleged drug peddlers in separate operations across Anantnag, Baramulla, Bandipora, Handwara and Pulwama, recovering suspected narcotic substances, including poppy straw, charas and a heroin-like substance, police said on Wednesday.
In Anantnag, Bijbehara Police recovered 2.08 kg of poppy straw from Javaid Ahmad Mir, a resident of Batigund Laribal, during a checking operation. The motorcycle he was riding, bearing registration number PB46U-2485, was also seized.
In a separate operation at Kanelwan, police arrested Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, a local resident, and recovered 24 grams of charas from his possession. Police Post GBS also apprehended Gulzar Ahmad Shah, a resident of Khanabal,...