Jammu and Kashmir police arrested 11 notorious drug peddlers and recovered Codeine Phosphate and Spasmoproxyvan in twin north Kashmir districts of Bandipora and Baramulla, a police spokesman said on Thursday.

He said a 'naka' party of police Station Baramulla got alerted when they noticed some suspicious activities in a truck at Kralhar near Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown. On checking the cabin of truck, 460 bottles of Codeine phosphate were recovered. The driver of the truck-- Manoj Kumar Bhat--a resident of Subash Nagar Rehari Colony Jammu and his accomplice Ghulam Mohi ud Din Akhoon, a resident of Khaitangan Baramulla were arrested and the truck seized. Both the arrested had previous criminal record, he said.

A case FIR number under section 8/21 NDPS Act was registered in Police Station Baramulla and an investigation taken up. In Bandipora, a Special Task Force has been constituted in the district under the supervision of SSP Bandipora Sheikh Zulfkar Azad to curb the menace of drug peddling in the district. A police party of Police Station Bandipora headed by SHO Bandipora Gazanfar Syed accompanied by DO Police Post Aloosa hnawaz Ahmad under the supervision of DySP Hqrs Bandipora Mir Murtaza Hussian, apprehended nine notorious drug peddlers in Kehnoosa, Kaloosa and Mangnipora areas of the district.

These drug peddlers were identified as-- Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, Khursheed Ahmad Khan , Waheed Ahmad Ganie, Farhat Bashir Baba, Suhail Ahmad Rather, Sadam Hussain Shah, Rayees Ahmad Bhat, and Tahir Rashid Matta. Nine bottles of codeine phosphate and about 7000 Capsules of Spasmoproxyvan were recovered from their possession. In this regard three case FIR numbers 25, 26, and 27/2018 under section 8/22, 29 have been registered and investigations taken up.