Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 14: Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) team arrested two interstate narco smugglers with 600 kilograms of poppy straw near Sidhra area here.
SSP J&K ANTF Vinay Sharma said on a specific input, the team apprehended two narco smugglers and recovered 600 kilograms of poppy straw from a truck on its way from Kashmir to Punjab via Jammu.
He said on receiving input that the truck carrying huge quantity of contraband is coming from Kashmir via Jammu, ANTF team laid blockade near Environmental Park Sidhra, Narwal Bye Pass here and intercepted the vehicle.
On checking, 24 plastic bags containing 600 kilograms of poppy straw concealed under plywood sheets were recovered from the truck, he added.
The SSP said two narco smugglers identified as Nasir Farooq, son of Farooq Ahmed and Mohammad Amin Rather, son of Abdul Rashid Rather, both residents of Chandhara, Tehsil Pampore, Pulwama were arrested on the spot.
ANTF is investigating the forward and backward links of this consignment and more arrests are expected, he said and appealed general public to share information regarding Narco dealers so that strict actions under law are taken against them.
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