Srinagar, April 10 – Police in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir said on Friday that they had arrested five drug peddlers from whom narcotic substances were recovered.
A police statement said that the Anantnag Police launched a major anti-drug crackdown across the district, arresting five drug peddlers and seizing a significant quantity of narcotic substances in multiple operations.
Acting on specific information, a raid was conducted at the residential house of Fayaz Ahmad Dar, son of Mohd Jabbar Dar, a resident of Naina Gund Baba Khalil, Sangam, after obtaining a search warrant from the court.
During the search, 3 kg 99 grams of charas-like substance was recovered. The accused, Fayaz Ahmad Dar and his son Arbaz Ahmad Dar, were arrested on the spot, according to officials.
A case under FIR No. 82/2026 under sections 8/20, 29 of the NDPS Act has been registered at the Police Station Bijbehara, and investigation is underway.
In another operation, a police party from the Sangam police post, during a check at Naibasti Marhama, intercepted a car (JK13J-0803).
Two individuals, Shahzada Suvaid, son of Manzoor Ahmad Shah, and Waris-ul-Islam, son of Nazir Ahmad Shah, both residents of Batagund Tral, were found in possession of 488 grams of charas-like substance. Both were arrested, and FIR No. 83/2026 under sections 8/20, 29 of the NDPS Act has been registered.
Further, a police party from the Anantnag Police Station, during a check at the Anantnag bypass near the overhead Danter bridge, intercepted Sajad Ahmad Shah, son of Gh Rasool Shah, a resident of Hakhoora Badazgaam.
During the search, charas-like substance in the form of seven sticks weighing 106 grams and powder weighing 88 grams was recovered. A case under relevant sections of the NDPS Act has been registered at the Anantnag Police Station, police said.
The J&K Police and security forces have been conducting anti-smuggling and anti-drug peddling operations across the union territory.
It is believed that the funds generated through these unlawful activities and through hawala money rackets are ultimately used to sustain terrorism in the union territory.