Jammu, March 24 Six individuals allegedly involved in drug trafficking were arrested in the Udhampur and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday.
Mahandeep Singh, Suresh Kumar, and Vikram Kumar were separately stopped by police checking parties at Manwal Chowk in Majalta, Circular road near Devika, and Gole Mela, leading to the recovery of heroin from their possession, a police spokesperson said.
While 10.27 grams of heroin were recovered from Singh, 1.54 grams from Suresh Kumar, and 5.74 grams from Vikram Kumar, the spokesperson added.
He also said that two more drug peddlers – Ram Puri and Dhananjay Partap – were arrested along with over 7 grams of heroin each from Ramnagar and Teli Bari in the Kud area on Monday.
In Samba district, the spokesperson said that police intercepted a motorcycle driven by Farman Ali near Bhargava college in the town on Monday and recovered 9.70 grams of heroin from him.
All the arrested individuals were separately booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and further investigations are ongoing, he said.
