Three drug peddlers nabbed
Jammu: Three alleged drug peddlers have been arrested in Jammu after over nine kilograms of poppy was recovered from them in separate incidents, police said Thursday.
On Wednesday, a person named Tariq Ahmed was intercepted in Poonch district and 8.50 kg of poppy was seized from him, an official said.
In another incident, a patrolling team near Dhaleri bridge in Jammu district intercepted two persons — Bajju Ram Sharma and Ashok Kumar Sharma — and recovered 840 grams of poppy, the police said.
Cases have been registered in both the incidents and an investigation is on, the official said. (PTI)
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