Srinagar, May 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested 806 persons and registered 724 cases under the NDPS Act during the first month of the ongoing "Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan", Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat said on Thursday.

Speaking at a press conference in Srinagar, the DGP said the anti-drug campaign, launched on April 11, recorded a sharp rise in enforcement compared to the same period last year.

He said police teams seized 667.5 kilograms of narcotic substances, including 5.22 kilograms of heroin, besides recovering 19,059 units of psychotropic drugs between April 11 and May 12.

Prabhat said 24 habitual offenders were booked under the PIT NDPS Act as part of preventive action against drug trafficking networks.

The police ...