SRINAGAR, Nov. 10 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested three alleged drug peddlers in separate operations in Kulgam and Anantnag districts and recovered contraband substances from their possession, officials said on Tuesday.

In Kulgam, police apprehended two persons during a naka checking operation at Khudwani Bypass, near Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST). The accused were identified as Murtaza Ashraf, a resident of Chansar, Kulgam, and Mohammad Amir Kuttay, a resident of Badi Jalan, DH Pora.

Police said 747 grams of a cannabis-like substance, including flowering tops, were recovered from their possession.

In a separate operation in Anantnag, a police party conducting naka checking at Semt...