Srinagar, October 03 (KNS): Bijbehara police arrested a drug peddler and recovered huge quantity of prescription drugs from him.
Police spokesman said in a statement that continuing its drive against the drug menace, a police party headed by SDPO Bijbehara Irshad Ahmad Rather in village Tulkhan near Bye-pass area found one person carrying a jute sac in suspicious circumstances.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The police party tried to stop him but he fled away from the spot leaving behind a sac containing 175 bottles of Ran-codex (Codeine Phosphate), soon after police arrested the accused identified as Javid Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Rashid resident of Tulkhun. A case FIR number192/2015 under section 8/21/22 NDPS was registered and investigation was taken up. (KNS)