Lakhanpur Police arrests 3, seizes 13.5 kgs of Poppy Straw

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Aug 17: Lakhanpur Police led by Inspector Susheel Sharma on a tip off established special checkpoint at NHW Lakhanpur and seized one Innova car  bearing registration no.PB08D-8195  and recovered 13.5 kilograms of Poppy Straw from the car which was on way from Kashmir to Punjab.
Three persons were also travelling in the car and police arrested all of them and registered a case FIR No 84/18 U/s 8/15 NDPS Act against them. They were identified as Inderjeet Singh (driver) S/o Mohinder Singh, Baljeet Kumar S/o Paras Ram and Gurjeet Singh S/o Harbans Singh. All resident of Hoshiarpur Punjab. Further investigation into the case is going on.
Pertinently this is the second poppy straw seizure made by Kathua police in two consecutive days.

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