1 held with heroin in J&K's Samba

A suspected drug peddler was arrested after six grams of heroin was recovered from his possession in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district on Tuesday, police said. Yaqoob Hussain was arrested after a brief chase when he tried to escape after being asked to stop for frisking at a bus stand in Bari Brahmana area, an official said. Hussain was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and is being questioned, the official added.