Jammu, February 14 Eleven individuals suspected of drug trafficking were arrested with heroin in separate incidents in the districts of Jammu, Rajouri, Kathua, and Samba in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday.
Three of the accused, identified as Manjeet Singh, Vikram, Vishal, and Rahul Sharma, were arrested during a special operation at Neelam Palace and Bhatyari in the Bishnah area of Jammu, a police spokesperson said. Police recovered 10.62 grams of heroin from their possession.
Another drug peddler, Mohd Mansha, from Dablehar in the R S Pura area, was apprehended with 24.86 grams of heroin, while Sonu Kumar was arrested with 8 grams of heroin in the Bakshi Nagar area of Jammu city.
In Rajouri, police arrested three drug peddlers – Riaz with 20 grams of heroin and Waseem Yusuf and Taraf Mehmood with 30 grams of Charas – from Sunderbani and Thanamandi areas.
Abhishek Attri was arrested with 5.48 grams of heroin in Samba, and Rupesh Kumar alias "Bobby" was arrested with 6.75 grams of heroin in the Kathua district, the spokesperson added.