JAMMU: Under the direction of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Udhampur Dr. Vinod Kumar, Udhampur Police on Sunday recovered a sizable commercial quantity of poppy straw (Bhukki) and detained two people during naka checking at Jakhani naka along the district’s highway. According to police, “Police party of Police Station Udhampur while conducting routine vehicle checking at Jakhani National Highway (NH) and intercepted on a vehicle Ashok Leyland (JK04H-3149) coming from Kashmir towards Udhampur.”Two smugglers were detained for transporting the illegal poppy straw after the police squad doing the check on the truck discovered 239 kg of it inside.“Police added that during questioning, the driver of the truck disclosed his identity as Nazir Ahmed son of Habib Ullah Budoo of Choon, Budgam and his associate Pervaiz son of Abdul Majeed Bhat of Beerwah, Budgam.”In this regard, PS Udhampur has filed Case FIR No. 532/2023 U/S 8/15 NDPS Act, and further investigation is ongoing, according to the police.
