India, Jan. 12 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested and detained nine suspected drug peddlers in different parts of the Union territory and recovered contraband substances from their possession, officials said on Sunday.

A police spokesman said four drug peddlers were arrested/detained in Sopore in north Kashmir, one in Kulgam, one in Samba, and three in Udhampur district.

In Sopore, a police party intercepted two suspicious persons at a mobile vehicle check-post at the Poultry Crossing on Dangerpora Road, he said.

"During a search, capsules of Spasmo-Proxyvon Plus were recovered from their possession. The duo has been identified as Majid Ashraf Khan and Musadiq Mehraj," he said.

At another checkpoint on the Nathipora-Tujjer link...