Interstate drug peddler among eight held in Jammu

Eight persons, including an alleged inter-state drug peddler, and four labourers from Chhattisgarh were arrested in separate operations against menace of drugs and illicit liquor here, police said today.
Four Chhattisgarh residents, working as painters here, were arrested by police after a chase and 8.5 kg of Ganja like substance was seized from their possession during patrolling near science college here, a police spokesman said.
A case has been registered against them, he said.
In a separate police action, an interstate drug peddler, hailing from Hoshiarpur area of Punjab, was arrested along with 10 kg of poppy straw at Kanjwani chowk in the outskirts of Jammu city this morning, the spokesman said.

Two people were arrested along with 25 liters of illicit liquor during a raid at Nandpur Tibba village in the RS Pura area of Jammu, the spokesman said, adding 100 litres of 'lahan' (raw material used of manufacturing illicit liquor) was also destroyed during the operation.
He said a woman was also nabbed during a raid at Joujan village and two litres of country liquor was seized from her possession.