Suspected drug smuggler held, poppy straw seized
Jammu: Police on Wednesday seized 391 kg of poppy straw from a Punjab-bound vehicle on the Jammu-Pathankot highway and arrested a suspected narcotic smuggler, an official said.
Nirmal Singh, a resident of Malpur village of Hoshiarpur, was allegedly smuggling the contraband from Kashmir to Punjab in a dumper when he was intercepted by a police party at Balole near Bari Brahmana along the highway, the official said.
Terming the arrest of Singh as a major breakthrough in the war against drugs, the official said 20 bags of poppy straw weighing 391.5 kgs were seized.
Singh was booked under the NDPS Act and further investigation is on. (PTI)
Press Trust of India
