Ten alleged drug peddlers including a pharmacist were arrested with contraband and narcotic substances in separate incidents in the Jammu region, police said on Sunday.
While eight of the peddlers were arrested from differentlocalities of Jammu district over the past 24 hours, one each was apprehendedfrom Samba and Kathua districts, a police official said.
Parveen Kumar, who runs a pharmacy, was arrested along withhis friend Arvind Kumar after 700 intoxicant tablets were recovered from theirpossession during checking near Bagga Marh Morh in R S Pura on the outskirts ofJammu, the official said.
He said three peddlers-Vishal Singh, Sadam Hussain and GaganSingh-were arrested when six grams of heroin was seized from their possessionin Digiana area, while two more peddlers, Pankaj Sharma and Vinod Kudda, werearrested along with 10 grams each of heroin from Roop Nagar and Dogra hallareas of the city.
Jammu Police also arrested Nihal Lokatra and seized 110intoxicant tablets and two capsules from his possession at Maheshpura chowk inBakshi Nagar, the official said.
In Samba district, one Suraj Paul was arrested afterrecovery of 147 intoxicant capsules from him at Mansar Morh, while another drugpeddler was arrested along with several kilograms of poppy straw from Rajbagh areaof Kathua district, he said.All the arrested drug peddlers were booked underthe Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and are being questioned,the official said.