Awantipora police, acting under their continuing campaign against drug trafficking, arrested a suspected drug trafficker in the Pinglish area of Tral.[1] Police identified the arrested man as Arafat Ahmed Ahangar, a resident of Rathsona village in Tral.[1] A team from Tral police station stopped him during naka checking, a roadside checkpoint check, in Pinglish after noticing suspicious activity.[1] The checkpoint operation in Pinglish was led by Tral station house officer Inspector Tajamul Islam.[1]
Officers searching the detained man recovered about 55 grams of charas, a cannabis resin commonly called hashish, from his possession.[1] The report gave the amount as an approximate figure of about 55 grams.[1]
After the recovery, police registered a first information report (FIR) under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Tral police station.[1] Police said further investigation into the NDPS case was under way at Tral police station.[1] Awantipora police described the arrest as part of their ongoing drive against drug trafficking in the Tral area.[1]
