Budgam, Aug 11, KDC: Continuing its crackdown on drug peddling, Budgam Police arrested a man in the Hardpanzoo area and recovered contraband from his possession.
Police said a team from Police Post Hardpanzoo, led by HC Ali Mohammad, had set up a checkpoint at village Dasan when a motorcyclist (registration number JK04B-7830) tried to flee on spotting the naka. He was intercepted and apprehended.
On searching him, police recovered three sticks of a charas-like substance, wrapped in corn straw, weighing about 60 grams. The accused was identified as Shahnawaz Ahmad Shah, son of Ghulam Mohammad Shah, a resident of Hardu-Latina. The motorcycle used in the offence was seized.
A case under FIR No. 109/2025, sections 8/20 of the NDPS Act, has been registered at Police Station Beerwah, and further investigation is in progress.
Budgam Police urged the public to cooperate in its anti-drug campaign by sharing information about drug-related activities in their localities. (KDC)
