Several arrested for drug-peddling

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, Mar 4: The police has arrested some persons and detained few others for their involvement in peddling of drugs and narcotics in Thanamandi area.
Official sources said that after receiving some credible inputs, a team of police headed by SHO Thanamandi, Dr Ishan Gupta (DySP) under the supervision of Sub Divisional Police Officer, Thanamandi Sajjad Khan raided some suspected locations in Thanamandi town on Tuesday evening.
Four persons of the area have been arrested during the raids and three separate cases under relevant sections of law have been registered against them in Thanamandi Police Station. Some quantity of narcotics/ powder was recovered from their possession.
Two more boys from the area have been detained under preventive sections of law after they were found in unlawful activities including narcotics trade.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri, Chandan Kohli appealed the civil society to share information of people involved in narcotics/ drugs smuggling in their respective areas and assured that their identity shall be kept secret.