JK police arrests drug peddler along with 224 Kg of poppy straw

Jammu, March 3: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday nabbed a drug peddler and recovered a large quantity of 224.50 kilograms of poppy straw. Notably, Pakistan uses terrorism and drugs as a primary tool to exploit youth of Jammu and Kashmir and disturb the stability of the country.

 

After getting a specific input, a team of Manwal police arrested a drug peddler and recovered a large quantity of 224.50 kilograms of poppy straw from the vehicle he was driving. According to the sources, a police team intercepted a truck which was on its way to Jammu from Srinagar and immediately took into their custody.

While conducting a search operation in a truck, police recovered 224.50 kilograms of poppy straw concealed in 23 plastic bags and arrested the driver. However, the accused driver has been identified as Mohammad Shabir, son of Mohammad Zaba, a resident of district Kulgam. A case under FIR Number 14/18 under relevant sections of the law has been registered at Police Station Jhajjar Kotli and further investigation of the case is going on.

Earlier, in the month of February this year, Jammu and Kashmir police arrested eleven drug peddlers in Baramulla and Bandipora districts. In the month of October last year, Jammu and Kashmir police arrested two smugglers in separate incidents in Kashmir and seized over 100 kg of contraband from their possession. Over hundreds of drug peddlers were arrested last year by Jammu and Kashmir police. In the year 2017, JK police also seized tonnes of drugs including charas, bhang, fukki, poppy straw and brown sugar etc.

In the year 2016, 312 drug peddlers were arrested with tonnes of drugs. According to the official figure, 64 kilograms of charas, 7.5 kilograms of charas powder, 194 kilograms of bhang and bhang dust, 925 kilograms of fukki, 915 kilograms of poppy straw and 3.75 kilograms of brown sugar were seized in the year 2016 from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Similarly, in the year 2015 police had registered 375 cases and arrested 442 people and 13 others have been booked under PSA.