5 drug peddlers held with heroin

Five drug peddlers were arrested with heroin in separate incidents in Kathua and Samba districts on Sunday, the police said.

Satish Kumar Khajuria and Babbu Singh were held after 8.18 gm of the drug was recovered from their car during a check at Phinter in the Billawar area of Kathua district, a police spokesperson said.

Mohd Anjum was arrested with 5.34 gm of heroin during frisking at Berrian-Pattan in Kathua. A police party also intercepted a motorcycle at Bari Brahmana in Samba district and recovered 5.62 gm of heroin from the possession of motorcyclist Munish Kumar and pillion rider Aslam Choudhary.

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