Jammu & Kashmir

40 drug related cases, 58 arrests in Baramulla in last 2 months

Srinagar Jail. [FPK File Photo/Vikar Syed]

Baramulla: With an unprecedented increase in new drug addiction cases, Baramulla police in north Kashmir registered 40 NDPS cases, while 58 drug peddlers were arrested in two months of this ongoing year, police officials said on Wednesday.

A police spokesperson said that at least 58 drug peddlers/suppliers were arrested in 40 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) cases in Baramulla during the ongoing year (Jan-Feb months).

He said that the contraband substance as well as the vehicles (09 in number) weighing 3 crore, 57 lac, 82,000 have also been seized.

Sharing further details, the spokesman said that 3.14 Kgs brown sugar was recovered, while 152 grams of Heroin, 4.671 Kgs Charas, 58.20 Kgs poppy straw, besides cash 40.15 Lacs and 09 vehicles were also seized.

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