SRINAGAR: Police on Monday arrested a wanted and notorious drug peddler and recovered contraband substances from him in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla.
A police spokesperson said, “Police in Delina, at a checkpoint established at Juhama Market, intercepted one person, and during his search, 270 grams of brown sugar-like contraband substance were recovered from him.”
The accused has been identified as Mohammad Ayoub Shah, a resident of Ladoora Rafiabad, police said, adding that he was arrested and shifted to Police Station Baramulla, where he remained in custody.
A case under relevant sections of law has been registered and investigations initiated, police added.
