Seven drug peddlers held

Jammu Tawi, May 5: At least seven alleged drug peddlers were arrested in Samba and Udhampur districts on Tuesday as police intensified its crackdown under the ongoing anti-drug campaign, officials said.

In Samba, acting on specific inputs, a team laid a checkpoint at Namandar-Chak Ram Chand road and intercepted two men on a motorcycle without a number plate. A heroin like substance was recovered from their possession, they said.

The accused were identified as Ajay Sharma and Anil Kumar, both residents of Bain Camp, Samba, they added.

In another operation in the Vijaypur area, police arrested a history-sheeter, Sunil Kumar alias Kadu of Gagore, they said.

The police said the accused was involved in multiple cases across Samba and Jammu districts.

In a separate case, the police arrested another alleged drug peddler, Bhag Hussain alias Bhagu of Rakh Barotian, and recovered a heroin-like substance along with a weighing machine and cash, they said.

In Udhampur, three persons were arrested in separate operations.

Sukhdev Singh was apprehended with 960 grams of ganja in Basantgarh, while Jeevan Kumar and Arun Kumar were arrested in the Tikri area, they said.

Drugs were also seized from all the accused, they added.

The police reiterated its commitment to intensifying action against drug trafficking and appealed to the public to share information related to drug abuse, assuring that the identity of informants would be kept confidential.