SRINAGAR: (Sep 9) Police in Jammu and Kashmir arrested five suspected drug peddlers, including a woman, from different parts of the region on Tuesday, officials said.

In the Kupwara district of north Kashmir, a woman drug peddler was arrested at Sadhna Top in the Karnah area during a routine security check.

The arrested woman, identified as Alaf Noor from Khawarpara, Karnah, was stopped at a checkpoint and subjected to a search, following which a substantial quantity of contraband was recovered from her possession, a police spokesperson said.