Tribune News Service
Kapurthala, December 15
The district police have arrested two persons and recovered 250 kg of poppy husk from them during a drive held here on Monday.
Sharing details, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kapurthala, Kanwardeep Kaur and Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bholath, Ajay Gandhi said a special drive was launched against drug smuggling in the area.
On Monday, a police party led by Station House Officer Amanpreet Kaur and Sub-Inspector Baldev Singh during nakabandi at the bridge on Bein, got a tip-off that a consignment of poppy husk was being smuggled into the state from J&K in a truck (JK-18-4520).
The police party intercepted the truck and apprehended two members of the gang — the truck driver and his accomplice. The accused have been identified as Sohail Ahmed Baade of Mandojan Shopian and Sukha of Bhadas village in Bholath.
The team recovered 250 kg of poppy husk stored in 10 plastic bags and impounded their truck. An FIR under Sections 15C-61-85 of the NDPS Act was registered at Bholath police station. Efforts are on to arrest the third accomplice as revealed in the interrogations of the accused. Further investigation is on.
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