Jammu, Aug. 2 -- A drug peddler was detained under the PIT-NDPS Act in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, while seven others were arrested following the recovery of narcotic substances in Reasi, Samba and Rajouri districts, police said on Sunday Of the seven arrested, six were held on Saturday while one, Akshay Kumar, was arrested on Sunday, they said.
Mohd Yasir, a resident of Jagatpur village in Kathua, was detained under the Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act from Lakhanpur and lodged in the central Jail at Kot Bhalwal in Jammu, a police spokesman said.
Yasir had a history of criminal activities, with three cases related to drug peddling registered against him at different p...