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Kashmir: Police bust gang of drug peddlers, four arrested in Pulwama
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Kashmir: Police bust gang of drug peddlers, four arrested in Pulwama

| @indiablooms | 08 Feb 2023, 12:09 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang of notorious drug peddlers when they arrested four persons including a woman and recovered contraband substances from them in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

Pulwama Police during checking at Litter near Government Higher secondary school signaled to stop an Auto load carrier which was coming from Litter towards Naina.

After noticing the Police Party, the driver of the auto load carrier tried to escape from the spot, however the police party tactfully apprehended him along with its occupants.

During their search, 5 grams of Brown sugar and 350 grams of charas were recovered from their possession, a police statement said.

All the accused persons including a lady were arrested and the vehicle used for the commission of crime also seized.

The accused persons identified as Tauseef Mushtaq a resident of Chotipora pulwama, Junaid Ahmad Malik of Rangmulla pulwama,Tahir Ahmad Joo of Khonmoh and Suraya Jeelani of Baghat Barzulla at present Rawalpora Srinagar.

All the four have been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act and have been registered in Police Station Litter and investigation set into motion.

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