1,241 Kg Of Poppy Seized In J&K, 3 Arrested

Police on Monday foiled three bids to smuggle narcotics by seizing 1,241 kg of poppy in Jammu, Udhampur and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. A police party led by Sub-Inspector Wasim Mehraj conducted a surprise check at Gund-Tethar on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, officials said. During the search, officials recovered gunny bags filled with poppy weighing about 1,000 kg that was being smuggled outside the union territory, they added. The vehicle was seized and its driver Nirmal Singh, a resident of neighboring Punjab, was arrested.

A case was registered against the suspect at Banihal police station and an investigation is on to ascertain whether any other person is involved, officials said. During checking on the highway at the Chenani belt of Udhampur district, police stopped a truck, which was subjected to a thorough search and recovered 220 kg of the poppy from the vehicle, officials said. Swaran Singh, a resident of Punjab’s Tarn Taran district, was arrested on the spot and the contraband seized, police said adding that the vehicle was also impounded.

voters