Three drug peddlers were arrested and properties of two others, including a residential house, were attached in different parts of the Jammu division on Saturday, police said. Additionally, over Rs 2 lakh and a large quantity of banned tablets were recovered from a house in Katra town of Reasi district, a police spokesman said. Two drug peddlers were arrested from Miran Sahib and Warehouse areas of Jammu and 18.35 grams and nine grams of heroin were recovered from them, respectively, the spokesman said, adding that another drug peddler was arrested from Kathua district.
In Reasi, the police raided the house of Renu Devi near Chintamani temple in Katra and recovered 100 capsules of Tramadol (controlled pain medication), 74 Alprazolam and 14 Petril tablets (sleeping pills) besides over Rs 2 lakh, he said. Preliminary investigation suggests the money was proceeds of the illegal sale of controlled drugs, the spokesman said, adding that a case has been registered and further investigation is underway to identify the source of the drugs and to expose the network involved in the illegal trade. Meanwhile, in a follow-up operation after the recent recovery of over 3.260 kg of heroin worth crores, police recovered 278 grams of heroin based on the disclosure by one of the two accused, Karan Sharma, from his scrap shop at Preet Nagar area in Jammu, the officer said.
More arrests and recoveries are anticipated as the investigation progresses, with multiple leads being actively pursued, he added. According to the official, police have attached the house of notorious drug peddler Sajjad in Surankote area of Poonch district of the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators Act.