Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: Police today arrested a trucker along with 40 kilograms of poppy straw from Bantalab area, falling under the jurisdiction of Nagrota Police Station.
As per police sources, Nagrota police laid a naka and intercepted a truck bearing registration number JKO2P-7365 at Bantalab.
During checking, police recovered 40 kilograms of poppy straw and arrested the truck driver, who has been identified as Onkar Singh, son of Kapoor Singh of Khour.
A case under FIR number 274/14 under Section 8/15 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been registered at Police Station Nagrota and investigation started.
Police team led by SHO Nagrota Police Station Parvez Sajjad made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Nagrota Khalik Choudhary.