Three suspected drug peddlers arrested

Three suspected drug peddlers were arrested after heroin and poppy straw were allegedly recovered from their possession in Jammu division, the police said today.

Raju Singh and Kulvinder Singh of Ludhiana were arrested during vehicle checking in Jammu city last evening, a police official said.

He said 20 kgs of poppy straw was recovered from their possession.

A local drug peddler Kewal Krishan alias Nikka Billa was arrested after three gms of heroin was recovered from his possession at Sattani village in Udhampur district yesterday, the official said.

He said an FIR under the NDPS Act was registered against him.