Srinagar, Sep 28 : In two separate operations, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested two alleged drug peddlers with a substantial quantity of narcotics in Budgam and Shopian districts, officials said on Sunday.

Acting on a specific input, a police team put up a checkpoint at Naghard in the Wachi area of Shopian and intercepted a drug peddler identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad Sheikh, a resident of Pombia Kulgam, a police spokesman said.

During a search, 101 gm of charas-like substance was recovered from his possession, he said.

In Budgam district, police arrested a drug peddler from the Checkpora Kralpora area and recovered 112 gm of charas-like substance from his possession, the spokesman said.

The accused has been identified as Moomin Qadir Dhobi, a resident of Dharambugh Kralpora in th

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