STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: Continuing its efforts to eradicate drug menace in the city, Srinagar Police headed by SP West and SDPO West arrested three notorious drug peddlers on Sunday.
During routine checking at Hamdania Colony, a suspicious person was intercepted by the patrolling party of Police Station Parimpora who was identified as Reyaz Ahmad Mir, son of Abdul Rehman resident of Sangam, Pulwama.
On his search, 12.2 grams of brown sugar was recovered from his possession, police said.
In another incident, during Naka checking at Fruit Mandi a drug peddler namely Adnan Firdous Qureshi, son of Firdous Ahmad, resident of Ahmad Nagar was arrested and 750 bottles of codeine phosphate were recovered from his possession.
At bypass Bemina one more drug peddler Pervaiz Ahmad Chesti son of Abdul Gani resident of Khanyar was arrested and 3,900 bottles of codeine phosphate were recovered from this possession.
In this regard, case FIR numbers 99/2016, 103/2016 and 104/2016 under section 8/21 and 8/22 NDPS were registered at Police Station Parimpora and investigation was taken up.
