Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 17: Police today seized the private vehicle of Municipality Committee Chairman and arrested duo including a Councillor after charas was recovered from the vehicle.
Police party from Police Station Charar-e-Sharif made these arrests and seized the vehicle near Exchange Road of Charar-e-Sharif town here in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
Police said that a police party stopped a private Bolero (JK04E-0822) and during a search of the vehicle recovered 150-gram charas. During frisking of the duo present in the vehicle, police again recovered 300 grams of charas from one Noor Muhammad Bhat son of Muhammad Sultan Bhat, a resident of Trajabal Charar-e-Sharif. The vehicle was driven by Municipal Councillor Tariq Ahmed Dar son of Bashir Ahmed Dar, a resident of Alamdar Colony Charar-e-Sharif.
Police have arrested both these persons and seized the vehicle. “A case under 8/20 NDPS Act was registered against the duo.”
Police seized the documents of the vehicle and it came to fore that the vehicle belonged to Chairman Municipality Committee Charar-e-Sharif, Zahid Hussain Jan, who is also affiliated with Congress party.
The FIR, in this case, maintained that the COVID-19 banners of MC Charar-e-Sharif were pasted on the vehicle, so that it could evade the checking and police gaze.
“The culprits were frequently using this vehicle and they were smuggling charas and other stuff from district Pulwama to Budgam where it was sold to youth,” police said.
Police in Tral arrested a drug peddler identified as Mudasir Ahmad Yatoo of Sherabad in district Pulwama.
During checking police recovered 20 bottles of Codeine Phosphate from his possession. He has been shifted to Police Station Tral where he remains in custody. The arrested drug peddler is involved in selling of narcotic drugs in the areas of Awantipora.
A Case (FIR No 42/2020) under relevant sections of law has been registered in Police Station Tral and investigation taken up.
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