Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 29: Police today arrested a lady drug peddler and recovered a substantial quantity of contraband substances from her possession in Kulgam.
A police spokesman said that a Police party from Police Station Qaimoh at a checkpoint established at Sofigund, noticed a lady attempting to flee the scene.
“The alert police party promptly apprehended her. During the search, 07 grams of Brown Sugar, 2 kgs of Poppy Straw and a cash amount of Rs 10,000 pertains to the proceeds of narcotics was recovered from her possession. The lady drug peddler (name withheld) wife of Manto Hussain resident of Malda Calcutta A/P Sofigund has been arrested and shifted to police station where she remains in custody,” the spokesman said.
Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 37/2025 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Qaimoh and investigation has been initiated.
In the meantime, police along with the Revenue Department today destroyed illegally cultivated Poppy in Police District Awantipora.
The spokesman said that acting on credible information, police along with officials of Revenue Department destroyed an illegal Poppy Straw cultivation spread over nearly about 01 kanal of land in Sharshali and Ladhoo.
The land is owned by Nissar Ahmad Sheikh, son of Habibullah Sheikh resident of Sharshali, Fayaz Ahmad, son of Jalaludin Sheikh resident of Sharshalli and Manzoor Ahmad, son of Ab. Gaffar Wani resident of Ladhoo, who have illegally cultivated poppy crops in their respective fields. Subsequently, the illicit crop was destroyed on the spot.
Accordingly, case vide FIR No. 40/2025 and 41/2025 under relevant sections of law have been registered at Police Station Khrew and further investigation has been initiated.
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