Police constable held with heroin in Udhampur

Jammu, Oct 18: A police constable was arrested after a packet containing 9.63 grams of heroin was seized from his car in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Saturday, an official said.

Constable Arjun Sharma, a resident of Udhampur, has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, a police spokesperson said.

During routine checking at Bans Morh on the Katra Road, a private vehicle on its way to Tikri from Katra was intercepted. A search led to the seizure of the contraband, the spokesperson said.