Srinagar, Dec 9 || The police in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district said on Tuesday that it has arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 964 grams of heroin from them.
A police statement said, "In a sustained effort to combat the menace of narcotics, Baramulla Police arrested two drug peddlers and recovered a substantial quantity of contraband from their possession."
"A police team of Baramulla Police, under the close supervision of Baramulla Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Baramulla Assistant Superintendent of Police Headquarter Neha Jain (IPS), and Baramulla Police Station Station House Officer Inspector Owais Geelani carried out a targeted operation near Government Medical College Baramulla Parking Area at around 7 p.m. on Monday.
"During the operation, the team intercepted two suspicious individuals, identified as Sobiya Bano (29), the daughter of late Mohammad Sadiq Khan, and Tahir Ahmad Khan (26), the son of Amar Zaman Khan, both residents of Trikanjan village in Boniyar tehsil of Baramulla," the police statement added.