13 held for peddling drugs in Baramulla in January

Srinagar, Jan 31 (PTI) Police have arrested 13 people in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district for their alleged involvement in peddling drugs and seized narcotics worth over Rs 20 lakh in January, officials said on Tuesday.

Police registered 10 cases against drug peddlers during the month, they said.

They said 13 people were arrested in connection with drug peddling in this north Kashmir district.

Narcotic substances, including 117 gram heroin, 25 gram brown sugar, 3 kg poppy straw and about 24 kg of charas, were seized from them, police said.

They said the contrabands were worth over Rs 20 lakh in the black market.