Police detains 22 in Poonch for drug peddling

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 10: Twenty two persons have been detained for their repeated involvements in various crimes, primarily drug peddling, in Poonch district, police said .
During series of raids conducted in and around Poonch district, 22 persons were detained under orders of Executive Magistrate and taken into preventive custody. They have been lodged in District Jail Poonch in judicial custody, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rohit Baskotra said.
“Most of the people taken into preventive custody are indulged in drugs peddling and were becoming a major cause of worry for whole society”, SSP added.