Baramulla, Apr 10: Police recovered charas from the possession of two ladies and subsequently they were arrested in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
These arrests were made near Roads and Building Office, police said.
Both the accused in whose possession all but 200 grams of charas were recovered hail from the Dewanbagh area of Baramulla.
Police while issuing the photograph of these peddlers identified them as Shakeela Begum wife of Bashir Sheikh and Muskaan Jan wife of Irfan Sheikh.
A case under relevant sections of the NDPS Act has been registered against the duo and both are under custody at Baramulla police station.
Locals appreciated the action and appealed to the police to name and shame all the drug peddlers. [KNT]