3 arrested with 13 kg heroin, 20 kg poppy in Jammu

Three persons were arrested and 13 kg heroin and 20 kg poppy was seized from them in the city here, police today said.
During a surprise inspection at the Traffic Check Post (TCP) Nagrota, a bus, which was coming from Srinagar to Jammu, was stopped for checking, a police official said.
During frisking of passengers, police seized eight packets of contraband heroin from 38-year-old Raja Kursheed, and 5 packets of heroinfrom Mohd Ashraf Khan (60), he said.
The market value of the drugs seized is about Rs 65 crore, the official said.
A case was registered and an investigation was underway, he added.

In another incident, police arrested a man and seized 20 kg poppy from him, the official said, a case was registered against him and an investigation was underway.