Briefs: Cop killed as car plunges into gorge

Jammu: A policeman was killed when his private car skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Kathua district on Tuesday, officials said. Selection grade constable Liaqat Ali of 2009 batch was on way to his home in Bani area when he lost control of his car, resulting in the vehicle plunging into a gorge near Kardoh village this afternoon, they said. The body was recovered by the rescuers and shifted to a sub-district hospital for postmortem, they said. — PTI

2 drug peddlers held in Srinagar

Srinagar: Two drug peddlers were arrested in Soura area here on Tuesday and contraband was recovered from their possessions, police said. The alleged drug peddlers were arrested during naka checking in Soura area, a police spokesman said. During the search of a car, 10 grams of ‘brown sugar’ drug (a variant of heroin) were recovered from the driver of the vehicle identified as Shabir Ahmed Mir, a resident of Bilal Colony Soura, he said. The spokesman said 6 grams of brown sugar drug was recovered from the possession of a scooty rider, identified as Shah Murtaza Iqbal. A case under relevant sections of law has been registered at Soura Police Station and further investigation is going on. — PTI

Police nab 4 drug peddlers in Reasi

Jammu: Four drug peddlers were arrested in Reasi district on Tuesday and heroin was recovered from their possession, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a vehicle at Sula Naka area during its journey from Katra, they said. The officials said that upon thorough checking of the vehicle, heroin was recovered from the occupants — Anil Sharma, Shubham Singh, Vivek Raina and Kamal Kumar. All the accused are residents of Reasi, they said, adding that a case has been registered against them. Further investigation is underway to unearth the forward and backward linkages. — PTI