Jammu/Srinagar, March 26 -- Four alleged drug peddlers were arrested with heroin from different locations in Udhampur district on Wednesday, police said.

At Tikri along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, a private car was intercepted and 5.44 grams of heroin recovered from two occupants - Sunil Sharma and Mohan Lal - who were arrested, a police spokesperson said.

Nazir Ahmad Shah, a resident of Baramulla, was arrested at a highway checkpoint in Rehambal after a search of his car revealed 8.98 grams of heroin.

Another accused, Arun Singh, a resident of Shiv Nagar, was also arrested with 2.98 grams of heroin during patrolling in the Battalbalian industrial area, the spokesperson said.

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