Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Sept 12: Police team from Police Station Udhampur, headed by SHO Raghuvir Singh, while performing routine vehicle checking duty at naka point Jakhani, NHW, stopped a Maruti Eco car bearing registration number JK03N-7425 for checking purpose.
During checking , one bag having approximately 9.1kg poppy straw like substance was recovered from the vehicle. Following this, Police arrested the vehicle driver, identified as Irfan Ahmed Bhat, son of Mohd Shamim Bhat of Kokernag, Anantnag.
Police seized the recovered poppy straw as well as the vehicle and registered a case vide FIR No. 379/2024 U/S 8/15 NDPS Act in P/S Udhampur.