Srinagar: In its ongoing drive against drug menace, Police during a raid arrested a person alongwith contraband substance in Taad area of Karnah along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday.

“Police and sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on a specific information raided the house of one person Zafar Ali (42), son of Fatah Ali of Prada near line of control LOC in Karnah and recovered brown sugar,” official sources said.

While carrying out the searches, the team has recovered about 4.272 kilograms of brown sugar from the house, they said.

Station House officer (SHO) Waseem Ahmad also confirmed the incident.

“An FIR under relevant sections of law has been registered and further investigations in the matter have been initiated, he said. (GNS)