Police on Wednesday arrested a person after recovering a huge quantity of banned Medicinal Plants from Gurez area of Bandipora district.
Around 50 Kilograms of banned Minor Forest Produce (MFP) were recovered from one Altaf Ahmed Para s/o Muhammad Shaban Para a resident of Bagh Bandipora, police said.
Altaf according to sources Gulzar is a government gunman turned- contractor involved in illegal trade of banned produces.
Pertinently Gurez forest is known for the production of medicinal plants and Government has banned the extraction of same.
Police have arrested the accused and seized his car which was used to illegally ferry the banned medicinal plants, police said.