STATE TIMES NEWS
Banihal/Jammu: Eight alleged drug peddlers were arrested and narcotic substances were seized from their possession during checking at different places in Ramban, Udhampur and Kathua districts on Saturday, police said.
Three residents of Doda were arrested and heroin weighing 10 gm was seized from their possession during vehicle checking at Nasheri in Ramban district, a police spokesperson said. He added that two residents of Punjab were also nabbed and 15 Kg poppy straw was seized from them, when they were on their way to Jammu from Kashmir in a private car.
Another drug peddler was arrested and heroin weighing 5 gm was seized from his possession during frisking at Omara Morh in Udhampur district.
Two men carrying 200 gm Charas were arrested from Chann Arorrian area of Hiranagar in Kathua district, the police spokesperson said. All the accused were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.