Police arrest four drug peddlers in Kulgam, Awantipora

Srinagar, Nov 11: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drug abuse from the society, Police on Tuesday said to have arrested four drug peddlers in Kulgam and Awantipora including a Nepali national.
Police in Kulgam intercepted a vehicle at Alstop Chowk, Mir Bazar, and recovered charas weighing 1.100 kilograms from its luggage compartment, a police spokesman said in a statement.
During the checking, a Nepal national, identified as Lalit Giri son of Narender Giri resident of Jajhar Kote, Nepal, was found in possession of the contraband substance. He was traveling in a vehicle bearing registration number JK07-5482, driven by Asad Ullah son of Mohd Qasim resident of Kargil. The accused was arrested and the vehicle used in the commission of the crime has also been seized, police said.
Accordingly, police said that a case under FIR number 239/2025 under sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Police Station Qazigund, and further investigation has been taken up to identify the backward and forward linkages of the drug network.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the Nepal national had entered India about six days ago, procured the contraband from an area in Shimla, and was enroute to Ladakh for drug peddling purposes. Investigation in the matter is still going on,” police said.
In Awantipora, a Police team of Police Station Pampore at a checkpoint established at Laterbal near Gas Plant, Pampore arrested three drug peddlers identified as Ashfaq Ahmad Khanday son of Ghulam Qadir resident of Wuyan, Muhammad Maqbool Rather son of Abdul Ahad resident of Pustona Tral and Abid Hussain Khan son of Nazir Ahmad Khan resident of Larow, Tral, police said.
During the search, police recovered 725 grams of Bung Chura and 25 grams of Charas-like substance from their possession. Accordingly, police said that a case under FIR number 119/2025 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Pampore.
Meanwhile, J&K Police urged the community members to come forward with any information regarding drug peddling or related activities. (KNO)