KATHUA, Feb. 6 -- In a successful crackdown against the drug menace, J&K Police Kathua recovered approximately 15.18 grams of heroin (chitta) and arrested one drug peddler in the Galak area under Police Post Ramkot.

On 05 February, a police team led by the In-Charge of Police Post Ramkot, under the supervision of SDPO Billawar and SHO P/S Billawar, conducted a routine naka/checking. During the operation, a suspicious individual, identified as Bhag Hussain, son of Shumma, resident of Garh Samna Banj, Tehsil Majalta, District Udhampur, was apprehended. Hussain was traveling on a motorbike bearing registration number JK02C-5275 when police discovered the narcotics hidden in his possession.

The recovered heroin-like narcotics, weighing approx...