Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Jan 15: The police arrested two drug- peddlers and recovered 40 gms of heroin from their possession in Chingus area of Rajouri today.
Official sources said that a joint team of SOG and Police Post Chingus, headed by Incharge Post, SI Fareed Ahmed under the supervision of DySP Operations Sukhdev Singh raised a naka near Kallar Chowk on Jammu-Rajouri highway and started general checking of vehicles for security reasons in view of forthcoming Republic Day.
During naka checking, police party intercepted a car No. JK 04-1548 moving towards Rajouri and started general inquiry from two persons, including driver, onboard.
The cops during search found 20 grams heroin from each of them. Police team arrested both of them and seized 40 grams of drugs.
They have been identified as Sagher Ahmed, son of Mohd Ayoub, resident of Dhanore Loharan in Rajouri and Tadarak Hussain, son of Abdul Rehman from Dhanore in Rajouri district.
The vehicle was also seized. A case FIR No 24/2018 U/S 8/21/22/29 NDPS has been registered at Police Station Rajouri.