Two drug smugglers held, 2.2 kg poppy seized

Two alleged inter-state drug smugglers were arrested with over 2 kg poppy in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district Saturday, officials said.

A police team intercepted a car on the highway at Lakhanpur belt and seized 2.2 kg poppy and Rs 5.70 lakh cash was from the possession one Dharmendar Singh and accomplice Kulwant, both residents of Phillaur in Jalandhar, Punjab, they said.

A case was registered and investigation is on, police said.