Five drug peddlers arrested in J-K

Five alleged drug peddlers were today arrested in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and over five kilograms of cannabis worth Rs five lakh was recovered from their possession.

“Police laid a naka near main bus stand in Baramulla town and detained three persons moving around in suspicious circumstances after they tried to escape from the spot,” a police spokesman said.

He said during a body frisk of the three persons,five kilograms of cannabis,with a value of nearly Rs five lakh,was recovered from their possession.

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They were identified as Abdul Rashid Najar,Nisar Ahmad Khan and Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Magray.

A case under relevant sections of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the accused.