3 drug peddlers arrested

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 16: Police today claimed to have arrested three persons with large quantity of psychotic drugs in the Valley.
A police spokesman said on a tip off, Shergarhi Police apprehended two peddlers, Waseem Raja son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din of Natipora and Abdul Wahid Bhat son of Nazir Ahmad Bhat of Solina at Solina here and recovered huge quantity of Alprix and Proxivon tablets from their possession.
“The peddlers used to sell these drugs among the youth in Ram Bagh and adjoining areas,” the spokesman said.
He said an FIR No 14/14 under Section 22 NDPS act has been registered in this regard and investigation was taken up.
Police in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district has arrested Imtiyaz Ahmad Malik of Sarnal village and recovered over 120 bottles of corex drug from him.
A police team led by Sun Inspector Towseef Ahmad apprehended Malik while he was driving his Auto having chassis number 47283 in General Bus Stand.
The team found over 120 corex bottles hidden in the vehicle, and which were being supplied in the black market to the target drug addicts in the district.
“An FIR No. 25/ 2014 under Section 21/22 NDPS Act has been filed against the accused,” a police official said.