Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 9: Police today claimed they have arrested five drug peddlers in separate operations across Jammu, Kathua, Samba, and Udhampur districts, recovering significant quantity of contraband substance from their possession.
In Jammu’s Bagh-e-Bahu area, police recovered 6.50 grams of heroin-like substance and a weighing machine from a car after its driver attempted to flee from a naka checking point at Bravo-03.
The accused has been identified as Sahil Kumar, a resident of Rehari, Jammu.
He has been booked under the relevant sections of the NDPS Act and BNS registered at Police Station Bagh-e-Bahu.
In Kathua district, police arrested two alleged drug peddlers in separate operations and seized heroin-like narcotics from their possession.
At Nagri, police recovered approximately 7.15 grams of heroin-like substance from Sameer Khan of Bareli, presently residing at Goond in Nagri tehsil, during a special naka laid on specific information.
In another operation at Hiranagar, police arrested Subham Kumar of Dayalachak after recovering around 2.75 grams of heroin-like substance from his possession near Dussehra Ground.
Separate cases under the NDPS Act were registered at Police Stations Kathua and Hiranagar.
Meanwhile, in Samba district, police arrested a drug peddler identified as Jotish Kumar, originally from Bihar and presently residing at Ghagwal, after recovering approximately 3.24 grams of heroin-like substance from his possession during patrolling at Bari Brahmana.
In Udhampur district, police recovered 4.23 grams of heroin from a motorcycle rider identified as Arjun Singh of Sunetar during naka checking at Ramnagar town.
A case under the NDPS Act was registered at Police Station Ramnagar. According to police, further investigations in all the cases are underway to trace the backward and forward linkages of the arrested individuals.
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