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Police recover cough syrups used as intoxicants, arrest duo from South Kashmir’s Anantnag

ANANTNAG: Police arrested two persons after recovering codeine phosphate bottles from their possession in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

A police official said that during checking at a Nake, police intercepted two persons at Janglat Mandi area of Anantnag who were travelling in a three-wheeler.

During search of the Auto-rickshaw (Chassis Number 0869) 30 codeine phosphate bottles were recovered. Both the accused were booked under NDPS Act.

They have been identified as Mudasir Yaqoob Dar and Shakir Farooq Naikoo of Anantnag.

Pertinently, Codeine Phosphate Cough Syrups are being sold to drug addicts who use them as intoxicants. (KNT)

Muneeb-ul-Islam

Muneeb-ul-Islam is Anantnag (Islamabad) based senior freelancing Photo-Journalist. He works for News Agency Kashmir News Trust (KNT). His photo-stories has appeared in multiple media outlets including ‘The Quint, Telegraph, Kashmir Images, Scroll, The wire, Free Press Kashmir and some Local Dailies.

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