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Drug smugglers arrested with poppy straw, heroin in Udhampur, Jammu

Drug smugglers arrested with poppy straw, heroin in Udhampur, Jammu

Jammu, June 28 (UNI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested two narcotic smugglers with contraband of poppy straw and heroin in Udhampur and Jammu districts.

A spokesman today said that a police team of Rehambal led by SHO Purab Choudhary, while on patrolling duty at a naka point Flata, intercepted a suspicious person on way from Garnai towards Tikri.

The suspect tried to escape on seeing the police. "On frisking of Rafaqat Hussain, a resident of Kouri, Judda, Reasi, 4.496 kg of poppy straw was recovered from his possession. He was arrested," police said.

In another incident, police recovered 9.80 grams of heroin from a narcotic smuggler in Bishnah area of Jammu.

Further investigation is underway to trace the source and the intended recipients of the narcotic, said police.

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