JAMMU: Jammu police busted two major drug networks and arrested eight drug peddlers, including four women, and recovered 500 gms of heroin (chita) worth crores of rupees from their possession.Police said on Sunday that the rackets were busted in Rajeev Nagar (Bahu Fort) and RS Pura areas in Jammu district, leading to the recovery of significant amount of narcotics and the arrest of five drug peddlers, including some hardcore and repeat offenders. Bahu Fort police busted a heroin supply chain and arrested two people with 330 grams of heroin and cash proceeds of crime.Police also arrested one Vishal Kumar from Narwal in Jammu and recovered 275 grams of heroin and an electronic weighing machine from his possession.“The accused disclosed that he procured the contraband from one Reena of Rajiv Nagar in Narwal. A police team, accompanied by the naib tehsildar of Bahu Fort, conducted a search at her residence and recovered 55 grams of heroin, a weighing machine, and Rs 33,490 in cash. Police arrested her and confiscated the contraband,” a police officer said.“Apart from her, three other women drug peddlers — Sheetal, Payal, and Kajal — all residents of Rajiv Nagar, were also arrested. Our team recovered 13 grams of heroin, two weighing machines, and Rs 3,050 in cash from their possession,” the officer said.Further, police arrested three other drug peddlers and recovered 186 grams of heroin from them in Chak Talab area of R S Pura. “The three suspects — Inderjeet, Vishal Kumar, both from Batala in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, and Jagdish Raj of Chak Talab in Jammu — were arrested and contraband recovered from them,” the officer said.
