STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) team on Thursday arrested two inter-state narco smugglers with contraband of 600-kg poppy straw near Sidhra area here.
SSP J&K ANTF Vinay Kumar on Thursday said on a specific input, the team apprehended two narco smugglers and recovered 600 Kg of Poppy Straw from a truck bearing registration No JK03E-7773 on its way from Kashmir Valley 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 naka at NH-44, near Environmental Park Sidhra, Narwal Bye Pass, here and intercepted the vehicle.
On checking, 24 plastic bags containing 600 Kg 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, resident of Chandhara, Tehsil Pampore, Pulwama and Mohammad Amin Rather, son of Abdul Rashid Rather, resident 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.
