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Two narcotic peddlers held, 11 kgs drugs, ₹2 lakh cash recovered
In the first incident, the accused, a native of Chattisgarh, identified as Umesh Kumar Sahu, was held with 9 kgs of narcotics in Rajouri district
Police on Saturday nabbed two drug peddlers from Rajouri and Jammu’s RS Pura and recovered around 11 kgs of drugs and cash worth over ₹2 lakhs from them.
In the first incident, the accused, a native of Chattisgarh, identified as Umesh Kumar Sahu, was held with 9 kgs of narcotics in Rajouri district.
“During a routine check, a team of police nabbed a man, who tried to escape from the spot. During frisking, 9 kgs of ganja was recovered from him,” said a police officer.
A case under FIR 390/2024 under section 8/20 of NDPS Act was registered at Rajouri police station.
In another incident, police arrested a drug peddler in RS Pura and recovered 1 Kg 76 grams of ganja, 60 grams of charas and cash ₹2,08,930 from his possession.
The accused, identified as Sunil Kumar, alias Punjabi, of Kotli Arjun Singh in RS Pura tehsil of Jammu district, was nabbed from a police check post at Badyal Morh near Lovely Palace.
A case under section 8/20 of NDPS Act stands registered against the accused.
