Two alleged drug peddlers were arrested Wednesday in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir and lodged in a jail for a period of one month under preventive detention, police said.

Mohammad Saleem and Asim Bhat, both residents of Kotli village, were arrested from Bhaderwah town of the district for their involvement in drug peddling and providing drugs to the youth, a police spokesman said.

He said both the accused were produced before Tehsildar Bhaderwah and by the order's of Executive Magistrate 1st class, they were booked under various sections of CrPC and lodged in district jail Kishtwar for a period of one month.

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