STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Five alleged drug peddlers were arrested along with heroin worth lakhs of rupees at separate places in Udhampur, Kathua, Jammu and Srinagar districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.
Nikhil Sharma alias Nipun and Charanjeet Singh alias Monu, both wanted drug peddlers, were arrested after 6.1 gm of heroin was recovered from their private vehicle during checking at Rehambal along Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur, a police spokesman said.
He said another wanted drug peddler Rajrupinder Singh was arrested along with 7.38 gm of heroin near Tikri in Udhampur.
He was seen coming on foot from Katra side when he was intercepted and subjected to frisking by a police party, the spokesman said.
He said another drug peddler Darshan Singh was arrested from Galak village in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district following recovery of 1.7 gm of heroin from him.
One more drug peddler, Naresh Kumar alias Kutti was arrested and 3.08 gm of heroin was seized from him near border police post Chakroi in Suchetgarh area of Jammu district.
Four separate cases under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act were registered against all the five arrested accused and further investigations are on, the spokesman said.
According to reports from Srinagar, police have arrested five alleged drug peddlers, including a married couple, from various parts of the city in the last few days.
The police arrested an auto-rickshaw driver Waseem Sheikh and his wife Uzma Waseem following the recovery of a substantial quantity of narcotics from their auto at Zaldagar in Srinagar on Tuesday, a police spokesman said.
“During the course of investigation led by the Maharaj Ganj SHO, it came to fore that the married couple used their rickshaw and family cover to deceive authorities while selling narcotics among the youth,” he added.
A case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 has been registered and further investigation has been initiated.
The spokesman said an alleged drug peddler, Waseem Bafanda, was arrested on Friday following the recovery of narcotics from his possession at a checkpoint at Sazgaripora in the Zadibal area of the city.
“During further investigation, two more individuals, identified as Waqar Ahmad Duloo alias Koter and Mohammad Rafiq Pattoo, were arrested and a substantial quantity of contraband substances was recovered from their possession,” he said.
