Jammu- Two women inter-state drug smugglers were among four people arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba and Kishtwar districts on Thursday, officials said.
Intercepting a bus on the highway in Samba’s Vijaypur area, a police team recovered 200 grams of heroin and Rs 24,920 lakh in cash from the two women, they said.
The duo has been identified as Sheema alais Jhulfan and Chanchlo Sharief of Punjab. Both were arrested and a case registered against them.
The police also arrested a peddler, identified as Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, and supplier Shahnawaz Ahmed in Kishtwar, the officials said.
They also seized heroin from the duo and registered a case against them.
So far, six drug suppliers, including three women, have been arrested within a month. Traps are being laid and raids conducted to track down the others involved in trafficking and supplying drugs.
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