Jammu, Nov 05: Three drug peddlers were arrested along with heroin while the property of another peddler was attached in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said.

The arrest of the trio took the total number of drug peddlers nabbed in Udhampur so far this year to 156, the spokesperson said.

He said Pawan Kumar of Dansal and Rajinder Kumar of Manwal were arrested after 5 grams and 4.2 grams of heroin were recovered from their possession during frisking in Majalta area.

Police also intercepted a two-wheeler driven by Kazim Ashraf, a resident of Bhaderwah and seized 7.18 grams of heroin from him, the spokesperson said.

Three separate cases under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act were registered against the arrested p

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