Pulwama, August 13: In a significant crackdown on drug trafficking, a police party from Police station Pulwama established a Naka checkpoint at Gangoo Pulwama. During Naka Checking one truck bearing Reg No PB08EQ 8089 which was driven by Sukhdev Singh S/0 Surat Singh R/0 Punjab was stopped and searched . On searching 02 bags of poppy straw were recovered and in this regard case FIR no 166/2024 was registered and investigation taken up . During the course of investigation, on the disclosure of accused Sukdev Singh one more drug peddler namely Mohd Yousuf Gadda S/0 Mohd Shaban Gadda R/0 Gangoo was arrested and one bag of poppy straw was recovered on his disclosure and total 15 kg of poppy straw was recovered from both accused persons .
The investigation of the case is going on , and more recoveries and arrests are expected as the police intensify their efforts to combat drug trafficking in the region.
Our consistent actions against drug peddlers aim to end this menace of drug addiction. We hope this reassures community members and encourages them to come forward with any information about drug peddling in their neighborhoods.