Jammu: Police on Friday arrested two alleged inter-state narcotic smugglers from Punjab in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir and recovered poppy straw from their possession, officials said.
The arrests were made during routine vehicle checking while the accused were travelling in trucks from Kashmir towards Punjab, a police spokesperson said.
Kulvinderpal Singh, a resident of Mohali, was intercepted at Battal Chowk near Majalta on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. During the search of his vehicle, police seized over six kilograms of poppy straw, the spokesperson added.
In a separate checking, another truck driven by Harpreet Singh of Hoshiarpur was stopped, leading to the recovery of 5.5 kilograms of poppy straw. He too was arrested on the spot.
Both accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, officials said.
