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.
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.