Punjab trucker held with 350 kg poppy straw in J-K's Ramban

A Punjab resident was arrested on Saturday after 350 kilograms of poppy straw was recovered from his truck in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said.

The Punjab-bound truck was intercepted at T-Chowk in Banihal on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, leading to recovery of the huge quantity of contraband, a police official said.

The driver, identified as Baljeet Kumar of Nowshera village in Punjab, was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.

Meanwhile, two men -- Masheer-ul-Haq of Ramsoo and Anayat Javid from Pulwama -- were held with contraband in Banihal area, the official said.

He said Haq was carrying 100 grams of charas and a large quantity of banned Diazepam and Tramadol injections were recovered from Javid.

 

The two were also booked under the NDPS Act, the official said.