2 drug peddlers arrested in Jammu

Jammu: Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested on Sunday after 4.5 kg of poppy straw was seized from their possession here, police said. A police party intercepted a truck near Nagrota on Jammu-Srinagar national highway and recovered the contraband. Driver Baljit Singh and his helper Khem Raj, both residents of Kathua district, were arrested and a case was registered against them. Another suspected drug peddler Kartar Singh of Katra was arrested along with a large quantity of banned drugs during checking of his two-wheeler at Ambika Chowk in Reasi district.