Jammu, Aug. 24 -- A local court has sentenced a drug peddler to three years' imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000, bringing to conclusion an 18-year-old narcotics case, the Jammu unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) said on Sunday.

The NCB secured the conviction of Kunnu Bharti alias Abhinandan, who had jumped bail granted in 2010 and remained beyond the reach of the trial for several years, a spokesperson of the agency said.

On December 3, 2008, a team of NCB recovered 960 grams of charas, concealed in a polythene bag, from the possession of Bharti in Kashmir Basti area of Jammu.

During the course of the trial, the accused jumped bail granted in 2010, resulting in the proceedings against him remaining pending, the spokes...