Jammu, Jan 12 || Police in J&K’s Jammu district said on Monday that they have arrested a drug peddler from whose possession heroin was recovered.
A police statement said, “Continuing firm actions against the drug menace, Police Station City Jammu achieved a breakthrough by arresting a notorious drug peddler and seizing heroin during a targeted operation in the city. On 10.01.2026, acting on specific and credible inputs and under sustained surveillance to curb drug abuse, a police team from IC P.P. Residency Road, led by PSI Aaqib Lateef, along with IC Hari Market GC Thappa and PSI Imran Hameed of Police Station City, apprehended one individual identified as Chanchal Singh, son of Thakur Anar Singh, resident of H. No. 149, near Ram Mandir, Shastri Nagar, Jammu."
During checking, five grams of heroin were recovered from his possession along with a car bearing registration number HR26BD/2045. The accused was immediately taken into custody, and the contraband was seized following due legal procedure.
Accordingly, an FIR under Sections 8/21/22 of the NDPS Act was registered at Police Station City.