Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Apr 12: The police today nabbed a drug peddler and recovered 110 bottles of Corex from his possession at Surankote today.
Official sources said that Surankote police led by SDPO Ajay Sharma and SI Zaheer Manhas, under the supervision of SSP Poonch JS johar today intercepted a tempo traveller coming from Jammu near Yogi Morh. During checking, the police found huge quantity of Corex bottles brought from Delhi by the accused namely, Hakim Hussain Mirza, son of Khadam Hussain Mirza, resident of Faislabad, Surankote. He was arrested while the other accused namely Asif Khan, son of Yaqoob Khan resident of Marhote slipped away and is yet to be arrested.
Total 110 bottles of Corex were recovered from his possession. One fake police I-card has also been recovered from Mirza. These bottles were kept in two bags owned by Hakim Hussain and Asif Khan. The bottles had been hidden under the cloths.
During preliminary enquiry, it has come to light that they use to buy bottles at the rate of Rs 89 from Delhi and sell it here at Rs 400/450 to the students and other youth of the area. The locals of the area have appreciated the efforts of police. A case FIR No. 67/2015, U/S 8/22 has been registered at Police Station, Surankote in this connection.
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