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Inter-state narcotics supplier arrested in Jammu and Kashmir

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Jammu: Police on Monday arrested an inter-state narcotics supplier in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said.

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A police team conducted raids in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district and arrested Shamas-ud-din Ganai, they said.

He was brought to Samba and interrogated by police, they said.

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Samba Senior Superintendent of Police Benam Tosh said that Ganai, who hails from Bijbehara in Anantnag, was wanted in J-K, Punjab and other states in different cases.

He was also wanted by Samba police in a case of narcotics smuggling in which as much as 667 kilograms of poppy was recovered in September last year and a smuggler was arrested on the spot.

However, the Ganai managed to evade arrest for months together, SSP said.

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