Sajjad Iqbal Poswal

Rajouri ,Sept 08 (KNS) : Jammu and Kashmir police today claimed to have arrested a drug peddler in Panjal Gala area near Nambla Palullian in Rajouri district of Jammu division and have recovered heroine like substance from his possession.
According to police statement issued to KNS reads,In a major success, the police in Rajouri district on Tuesday arrested a drug peddler recovering a heavy consignment of 670 grams of Heroine.

Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri Chandan Kohli addressed a press conference in his office and termed it a major success for police.

SSP Rajouri said that a team headed by SHO Rajouri Sameer Jillani and SI Danish IC PP City under supervision of Zaheer Abbas DysP DAR was patrolling in Panjal Gala area near Nambla Palullian village of Rajouri and intercepted a person identified as Basharat Hussain son of Mohammad Akram resident of Ninga Nar Thandikassi.

Although the said person tried to escape from the spot noticing the movement of police but alert cops detained him and during searches, a consignment of Heroine like substance was weighing 670 grams was recovered from his possession.

SSP Rajouri said that accused has been arrested and a case in FIR 467/2020 under section 8/21 NDPS Act has been registered in Police Station Rajouri.

" This is a major success and peddler was trying to smuggle the consignment but police team managed to foil the peddling bid." SSP Rajouri said adding that an investigation is going on into the matter to unearth all forward and backward links of this peddler and more arrests are expected soon.