Srinagar, April 6 -- Police in Kulgam have registered 10 cases under the NDPS Act over the past three weeks and arrested 14 drug peddlers in a sustained crackdown on narcotics trafficking in the district.
Police said the cases include nine FIRs registered at Police Station Qazigund and one at Police Station Devsar.
During the operations, police recovered 415.61 grams of heroin, 1,348 grams of charas, 1.5 kilograms of bhang patri and Rs 1,37,990 in cash.
Investigations led to the establishment of multiple backward and forward linkages, resulting in further arrests and exposing a wider organised narcotics network, police said.
In one major case, police recovered 278 grams of heroin and Rs 17,100 from two accused in Kurigam.
Further inves...