Srinagar, Jan 30 || Five people have been arrested by the police in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla and Pulwama districts during their continued action against drug smuggling and drug peddling, said police on Friday.
A police statement said, “In a follow-up action in an ongoing NDPS case, Sopore Police in Baramulla district has achieved a major breakthrough by arresting additional accused persons and effecting further recovery of contraband, indicating the presence of a wider drug peddling network."
“During the investigation of Case FIR No. 23/2026 registered under Sections 8/22–29 of the NDPS Act and Section 281 BNS at Police Station Sopore, based on the disclosure of the earlier arrested accused, Sopore Police apprehended two more persons, namely Mohd Umar Dar, son of Ghulam Nabi Dar, and Nisar Ahmad Bhat alias Shanu, son of Mehraj-ud-Din Bhat, both residents of Naseem Bagh, Sopore," the statement said.
Acting on their disclosures, the Sopore Police recovered a substantial quantity of Codeine Phosphate bottles from their possession. The accused persons were arrested in the case, and further investigation is underway to trace backward and forward linkages of the drug supply chain.