10 drug smugglers, peddlers held, 7 kg heroin seized

Jammu

A racket of drug traffickers was unearthed in the Akhnoor border belt of Jammu with the arrest of five people and seizure of 7 kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan, IGP (Jammu) SD Singh Jamwal said.A case was registered at the Akhnoor police station, he said.Besides, Gandhi Nagar police apprehended four persons, including a former selection grade constable, in Jammu and another person in Samba district for peddling drugs.Another drug peddler was arrested from the Vijaypur belt of Samba. 3 kg of poppy was seized from him.