Jammu, May 31 (PTI) Police on Wednesday conducted raids on the premises of suspected drug peddlers at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district and recovered around Rs 3 lakh cash, officials said.

Nine mobile phones were also recovered from a hideout of a heroin supplier at infamous 'Chitta' hotspot in Balol Khad in the Bari Brahmana area, they said.

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Police teams conducted raids at suspected hideouts of heroin suppliers in the presence of the executive magistrate. During the course of searches, police detected a pit and found Rs 3 lakh there, the officials said.

Three heroin suppliers, including two women, were booked in this connection, they said.

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As many as 42 narco-suppliers, including five women, have been arrested in the past four months here, the officials said.

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