Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 24: Police arrested a drug peddler along with heroin worth several thousands from Subhash Nagar area, falling under the jurisdiction of Sarwal police post.
As per police sources, on specific information, police team from Sarwal police post laid a naka near Toph Morh at Subash Nagar and intercepted a Hyundai Accent car bearing registration number JK02R-6533.
During checking, police recovered 4 grams of heroin worth several thousands from the possession of the driver and arrested him on the spot.
The accused has been identified as Shubham Sharma, son of Raj Kumar, a resident of Vikas Nagar.
A case under FIR Number 170/15 under Section 8/21/22 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered against the drug peddler at police station Bakshi Nagar and investigation started.
Police team led by Incharge Sarwal police post SI Vikas Hans made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO West Vivek Shekhar, SP City Shiv Kumar Singh Chouhan and SSP Jammu Uttam Chand.