Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested a smuggler inMendhar tehsil of Poonch district and recovered 500 grams of narcotics from hispossession, said a spokesman.
“A police party of police station Mendhar apprehended aperson during naka checking at Sanagala chowk and recovered 500 gms approx ofcharas (44 challis) from his vehicle bearing registration no. JK21 A-4907,” hesaid.
The spokesman said the person, identified as Raza Ahmad s/oAbdul Hamid R/o Malikpur Gohlad was taken into custody. “In this connection, acase FIR no 99/2019 u/s 8/15/21 NDPS Act was registered and investigationstarted,” he said.