Jammu, May 17:
Five drug peddlers were arrested in separate operations from different districts of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said on Friday. On a specific information, a police team patrolling the highway near Sahar Khad in Kathua apprehended two drug peddlers– Sumit Kumar and Daljeet Singh– and seized 95 grams of heroin from them. A case was registered against the duo and further investigation is on, they said. In another case, two persons were asked to stop by the police at a checkpoint in Ramban district. However, the tried to flee but were caught by the police. Brown sugar weighing about 80 gm was recovered from Vishal Singh and Yasir Ahmed and a case was registered against them, they said. The police arrested another drug peddler– Amit Rana– from Panjtirthi area of Jammu city and recovered intoxicant drugs from him, they said.