6 drug peddlers arrested with heroin in Jammu districts: Police

Jammu, July 08: Six alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin in Udhampur, Jammu and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.

Arun Choudhary, a resident of Krowa, was arrested after 5.81 grams of heroin was recovered from his possession near the Tawi bridge near Jaganoo on Tuesday morning, a police spokesperson said.

He said the narcotics were recovered after a patrolling party noticed Choudhary moving around suspiciously and frisked him.

Three drug peddlers -- Arun Singh of Rajiv Nagar, Mohd Rustam Shah of Baramulla and Rubel Sharma alias Chinko of Talab Tillo -- were arrested from Jammu bus stand, Nowabad and Bahu Fort, respectively, late Monday, the spokesperson said.

He said 20 grams of heroin and one weighing machine were recovered from Singh, 12 grams of heroin was recovered from Shah, and 8.66 grams of heroin, a weighing machine and 11 mobile phones were recovered from Sharma. Shah's private car was also seized.

In Kathua, two drug peddlers -- Liyaqat Ali and Sajad Hussain -- were arrested after 13.04 grams of heroin was recovered from them during checking at Hardo-Muthi in the Rajbagh area, the spokesperson said.

He said all the six drug peddlers have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and further investigation is underway.