Jammu, Feb 9 (PTI) Two women inter-state drug smugglers were among four people arrested in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba and Kishtwar districts on Thursday, officials said.

Intercepting a bus on the highway in Samba's Vijaypur area, a police team recovered 200 grams of heroin and Rs 24,920 lakh in cash from the two women, they said.

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The duo has been identified as Sheema alais Jhulfan and Chanchlo Sharief of Punjab. Both were arrested and a case registered against them.

The police also arrested a peddler, identified as Mohammad Iqbal Khanday, and supplier Shahnawaz Ahmed in Kishtwar, the officials said.

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They also seized heroin from the duo and registered a case against them.

So far, six drug suppliers, including three women, have been arrested within a month. Traps are being laid and raids conducted to track down the others involved in trafficking and supplying drugs.

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