STATE TIMES NEWS
REASI: In continuing its efforts against drugs mafia, Reasi Police recovered huge quantity of poppy straw from different locations of Reasi District while undergoing effective raids.
According to a report, a special team headed by District Incharge NDPS DySP Hqrs. Reasi Mohan Lal Sharma, and SHO Police Station Reasi Dalip Singh conducted the raids and recovered poppy straw weighing 47.590 Kg.
The two accused namely Sukhdev Singh son of Tej Singh and Tej Singh son of Ishar Dass both residents of Sarotekote Tehsil Bhomag District Reasi were apprehended with two jute bags of poppy straw from Bakkal area and during interrogation they revealed different locations of Reasi area where poppy straw was concealed. The special team conducted successful raids and recovered more bags of poppy straw from Tote Sari areas of district Reasi. In this connection vide FIR No. 71/2016 under section 8/15 NDPS Act was registered in Police Station Reasi. The special team recovered six kg poppy straw from accused namely Jagdish Singh son of Sansar Chand resident of Surjandhar, Reasi and Suram Singh son of Dharam Singh resident of Lamsoora Bandhar Reasi in case FIR No. 66/2016 under section 8/15 NDPS Act of few days ago.
It is pertinent of mention that the special team was constituted on the directions IGP Jammu Zone Danish Rana, and DIG Udhampur Reasi Range Surinder Gupta, by SSP Reasi to curb the menace of drugs in district Reasi and Dy.SP Hqrs Reasi was made in-charge of the Special Team. The team was constituted in December last year and till then huge recoveries of drugs have been made which include 1.420 Charas, 67 kg poppy straw, 8 gm smack, 1,360 tablets and 215 gm Ganja.
