Jalandhar, April 10 -- As many as 598 FIRs under sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act have been registered and 804 drug peddlers arrested in the past three months by Jalandhar range police comprising Jalandhar rural, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala district.

Revealing this at a press conference in Jalandhar on Wednesday, deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Naveen Singla said in the past three months cops have seized 7.4kg of heroin, 411 kg of poppy husk, 6.9kg of opium and 59,129 drug capsules and tablets in the districts falling under Jalandhar range jurisdiction.

Singla added that under 68F (Seizure or freezing of illegally acquired property) of the NDPS Act, as many as 13 cases involving property wort...