2 held for possessing cannabis leaves

Two persons,including the driver of a load carrier,were arrested after police recovered seven kilograms of cannabis from their possession in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district,police said today.

A police spokesman said two persons,load carrier driver Bashir Ahmad Reshi and Reyaz Ahmad Ganaie,both residents of Sumbal area of Bandipora,were arrested and seven kilograms of the contraband recovered from their possession at Hajin in Bandipora.

The spokesman said the dry cannabis leaves were packed in two polythene bags. A case has been registered against the duo under the NDPS Act,the spokesman said.