Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 15: Bahu Fort police under ‘Operation Sanjeevani’ arrested two notorious drug peddlers and recovered 12 kilograms of poppy straw from their possession.
As per police sources, on specific information, a police team led by SDPO East Arun Jamwal and assisted by SHO Bahu Fort Inspector Parvez Sajjad under the supervision of SP City Sandeep Choudhary arrested two notorious drug peddlers from Marathi Mohallah and recovered 12 kilograms of ganja from their possession.
The arrested persons have been identified as Jagan Nath Pardhan, son of Bhima Pardhan and Suresh Kumar Khatay, son of Kahnu Charan, both residents of Odisha.
The consignment was meant to be sold among the youth of district Jammu and with their arrest, police achieved a major success to save the youth from becoming drug addicts.
A case under FIR Number 14/18 under Section 8/20 NDPS Act has been registered against them at Police Station Bahu Fort and investigation started.
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