Jammu, Jul 8: Six alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin in Udhampur, Jammu and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Tuesday.
\nArun 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.
\nHe said the narcotics were recovered after a patrolling party noticed Choudhary moving around suspiciously and frisked him.
\nThree drug peddlers \u2014 Arun Singh of Rajiv Nagar, Mohd Rustam Shah of Baramulla and Rubel Sharma alias Chinko of Talab Tillo \u2014 were arrested from Jammu bus stand, Nowabad and Bahu Fort, respectively, late Monday, the spokesperson said.
\nHe 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\u2019s private car was also seized.
\nIn Kathua, two drug peddlers \u2014 Liyaqat Ali and Sajad Hussain \u2014 were arrested after 13.04 grams of heroin was recovered from them during checking at Hardo-Muthi in the Rajbagh area, the spokesperson said.
\nHe said all the six drug peddlers have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and further investigation is underway. (Agencies)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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