Four held with 950 bottles of banned cough syrup in J-K's Kathua

Four suspected interstate drug peddlers, including three residents of Delhi, were arrested along with a consignment of 950 bottles of a banned cough syrup in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Sunday, police said.

The seizure was made from a private car during vehicle checking at Govindsar on the Railway station road, a police spokesman said.

He identified those arrested as Vikram Sharma (55) of Jammu and his associates from Delhi -- Sunny (38) Hritik Soni (21) and Pardeep Sapra (31).

A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against the four and further investigation is on, the spokesman said.