KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua has detained a habitual drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act, 1988, and lodged him in jail.
According to police, a team from Police Station Hiranagar executed the detention warrant on October 14 against Ranja, son of Nashar Din, a resident of Sounkhal in Dinga Amb tehsil of Kathua district.
Police said two cases under Sections 8, 21 and 22 of the NDPS Act were registered against the accused at Police Station Hiranagar, under FIR Nos. 120/2025 and 51/2026.
A dossier was prepared against him and submitted to the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, who subsequently issued the detention warrant under the PIT-NDPS Act, police said. — (KIMS)