Anantnag, Sep 9,: Police in Pahalgam recovered 95 kilograms of fukki during a raid on a rented accommodation in Grendash village late Monday evening. One person was arrested on the spot while the house owner managed to escape.
Officials said the raid was carried out on specific information in the presence of SDPO Pahalgam and an executive magistrate. During the search, six bags containing fukki were seized, three filled with grinded fukki and three with poppy straw pods. The total weight of the contraband was measured at 95 kilograms.
Police arrested Parvez Ahmed Boked, son of Bashir Ahmad Boked, a resident of Ainobra, from the spot. The owner of the house, identified as Mukhtar Ahmed Boked, son of Rafiq Ahmed and a resident of Jammu presently living in Grendash, is absconding.
A case under FIR number 62/2025 has been registered at Police Station in this regard. [KNT]