Avantipora police arrested Imtiyaz Ahmad Naiku in the Reshipora area of Pulwama district on a charge of drug trafficking, seizing a bag he was carrying.[1] The arrest was made by a team from the Reshipora police chowki, a local police post, acting under the leadership of the chowki in-charge in the Ghat Tokina area.[1] Police identified the arrested man as a resident of Reshi Mohalla near the mosque at Tral Payeen.[1] Officers searched the black-coloured bag found in his possession during the operation.[1]
From the bag, police recovered 1.20 kilograms of semi-dried ganja as the largest of three separately weighed cannabis quantities.[1] Police also recovered 109.97 grams of dark-brown pressed ganja wrapped in maize husk and 4.96 grams of round-shaped ganja from the same bag.[1] Together, the three stated quantities amount to about 1.315 kilograms of seized cannabis, which police described as a heavy quantity of narcotic substance found in his possession.[1]
Following the recovery, police registered a First Information Report under the NDPS Act at Avantipora police station.[1]