JK police arrests three Punjab-based drug smugglers along with 44 kg of banned poppy straw

Srinagar, July 24: Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday arrested three Punjab-based drug smugglers along with 44 kg of poppy straw from the car they were travelling in Poonch district. A case under relevant sections was registered against them.

 

Notably, Pakistan uses terrorism and drugs as a primary tool to exploit youth of Jammu and Kashmir and disturb the stability of the country. Based on a specific information, a police party on the directions of SSP Poonch Rajiv Pandey laid a Naka at Poshana on Mughal Road and intercepted a Honda City car (CH04B- 3711) for checking.

During a search, 44 Kg poppy straw was recovered from it while three accused namely Jaswinder Singh, Rajdeep Singh and Pawandeep were arrested. All the three peddlers were a resident of Punjab. In the last month, Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur police arrested a drug peddler and seized 140 kg of poppy straw. 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.