JAMMU, June 24 -- Ten alleged drug peddlers, including a resident of Punjab, were arrested along with a large quantity of heroin at separate places in Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday.

Gagandeep Singh of Amritsar and his two associates from Jammu -- Damanjot Singh and Vivek Kumar -- were arrested following the busting of a Punjab-based drug network by Gandhi Nagar police here, a spokesperson said.

He said 780 grams of heroin were allegedly recovered from the three hardcore drug peddlers who were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The police arrested two alleged drug peddlers -- Sahil Singh and Kuldeep Kumar -- and recovered 17 grams of heroin fr...