Nine suspected drug peddlers were arrested with a huge cache of narcotics and cash in Udhampur, Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Wednesday.
Two Punjab residents, Jagdev Singh of Ludhiana and BalkarSingh of Jalandhar, were arrested after the recovery of 203 kg poppy straw fromtheir vehicle at Chenani on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampurdistrict, a police spokesman said.
At Main Bazzar, Udhampur, the official said they recovered15 gm of heroin from two persons, identified as Niklesh and Vikas Thakur.
He said while the two were arrested, their third accomplicefled the spot taking advantage of heavy traffic in the area.
Efforts are on to nab him, he added.
In another incident, four suspected drug smugglers,identified as Wahid Ahmad, Abdul Qayoom and Nasir Ahmad of Baramulla districtand Charan Singh of Jammu, were arrested with 100 gm heroin, the policespokesman said.
The police team also seized Rs 2.76 lakh in cash duringchecking of the accused’s vehicle at Balol in Indira Nagar, Jammu, thespokesperson said.
Another alleged drug peddler, Bashir Ahmad of Anantnagdistrict, was arrested with 50 gm charas during frisking at Bari Brahmana areaof Samba district, he said.
The arrested accused were booked under the Narcotic Drugsand Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and are being questioned, the spokesmansaid.