Jammu, April 30 -- Five alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin in separate cases in Udhampur district, officials said on Wednesday.
Police said intensified action against drug trafficking was being carried out alongside awareness campaigns to protect youth from substance abuse.
In the first case, a team from Rehambal police station intercepted a Tata Tiago car at Garnai Chowk on the national highway, as the vehicle was heading from Udhampur to Jammu, they said.
During the search, they recovered heroin from the vehicle. The driver, Abhishek Gupta, and the co-passenger, Ishan Khajuria, were arrested, they said.
In another case, Dheeraj Sharma was apprehended in Jib area during a routine patrol, with heroin found in his possession...