Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Nov 23: The police seized a truck along with 50 kg of poppy straw and arrested two drug-peddlers including the driver on Mughal Road in district Poonch today.
Official sources said that a police party led by SI Sukhvir Singh during naka at Behramgalla, under the supervision of DySP Surankote, Asgar Malik intercepted a truck which was coming from Kashmir side to Rajouri. During thorough checking of the truck bearing registration no. PB12M/7284, the police found 100 packet of poppy straw (Bukki), weighing about 50 kg being smuggled to Punjab. This consignment had been concealed in tyres of the vehicle.
Two persons- driver and owner of the vehicle, namely Jasdev Singh, son of Karnail Singh, resident of Nagra, Ludhiana and Balvinder Khan, son of Sardara Khan, resident of Nagra Ludhiana (Punjab) were arrested.
A case FIR No. 292/2017 U/S 8/15 of NDPS ACT was registered against the accused person’s at Police Station, Surankote. Further investigation was in progress.
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