Drug peddlers with 580 kg fukki arrested

Anantnag, Aug 12 (Agency) Jammu and Kashmir police arrested two drug peddlers and recovered 580 kgs of Fukki in this south Kashmir district, official sources said on Thursday. They said on a tip off, a police party raided a place in Bijbehara in Anantnag.

During the search police party unearthed an underground hideout and recovered 580 kgs of Fukki in 27 bags. Two persons were arrested, they said adding the house owner managed to escape. An FIR has been lodged and a massive hunt launched to nab the house owner, they added.