Three drug peddlers held

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 8: Police today said three drug peddlers were arrested at Bemina and Parimpora areas on outskirts of city here.
A police spokesman said during routine checking at Hamdania Colony in Bemina here, a suspicious person was intercepted by the patrolling party. The person, he said, was identified as Reyaz Ahmad Mir and on his search, 12.2 grams of Brown Sugar was recovered from his possession.
The spokesman said during naka checking at Fruit Mandi at Parimpora a drug peddler namely Adnan Firdous Qureshi was arrested and 750 bottles of codeine phosphate were recovered from his possession.
In another incident, the police spokesman said, one more drug peddler namely Pervaiz Ahmad Chesti was arrested and 3900 bottles of codeine phosphate were recovered from his possession at Bemina Bypass.