Drug peddler held in Kathua, sent to jail
Jammu, May 31 (PTI) A drug peddler was detained under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district and lodged in a jail here, officials said.
The action was taken as part of the anti-drug campaign being carried out by Kathua Police under the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’, they said.
The detained accused was identified as Pardeep Singh Sumberia, a resident of Ramkot area of Kathua district, they said.
A detention warrant against him was issued by the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, prompting a police team from Billawar police station executed the warrant and arrested the accused after obtaining approval from the competent authority, officials said.
Police said Sumberia was a habitual offender and was involved in multiple cases under the NDPS Act.
