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Large quantity of narcotics seized in J-K, 2 held

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Press Trust of India Ramban (JK)
Last Updated : Jul 31 2015 | 9:42 PM IST
Two persons were arrested today and large amount of narcotics was recovered in separate incidents here, police said.
One Mohd Khursheed was arrested when cannabis and poppy straw was recovered from his possession during frisking of his car at a surprise check post set up near Baggu Nallah on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway, police said.
"When the car was frisked one kg of cannabis was recovered concealed in a bag, on further frisking over 30 Kg of poppy straw was also recovered from it," a police officer said.
In a separate incident, one Kamaljeet Singh, a native of Punjab, was arrested after poppy straw was recovered from his truck, they said.
Earlier, when a police team asked him to stop his truck, he tried to escape from the spot, they said.
After a chase, he was caught and on frisking of his vehicle 15 kg of Poppy straw was recovered, they said.
Meanwhile, in a third such incident, seven bags of poppy straw weighing 130 Kg was recovered from a truck, however the driver of the truck managed to give police a slip, he said.
The accused were arrested and separate cases under relevant section of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances act were registered, the officer added.

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First Published: Jul 31 2015 | 9:42 PM IST

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