Police arrested Abdul Rehman Najar, a resident of Chandigam, during routine naka checking at Chandigam in the Sogam area of Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir.[1] The team was from Police Station Sogam, and the search of the man found about 1.016 kilograms of a charas powder-like substance.[1] Kashmir Images named the man as Ab Rehman Najar of Chandigam and gave the same weight of about 1.016 kg of a charas powder-like substance.[2]

Police took the man into custody and seized the suspected contraband under the prescribed legal procedure.[1] Police registered a case, FIR No. 50/2026, at Police Station Sogam under sections 8 and 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.[1]

Officials said the investigation would establish the source of the substance and identify other people possibly linked to the supply network.[1] Kupwara police said action against people involved in drug trafficking would continue across the district and asked the public to pass on information, promising that informants’ identities would stay confidential.[1]