Jammu: Three persons were arrested and 13 kg
heroin and 20 kg poppy was seized from them in the city here,
police today said.
During a surprise inspection at the Traffic Check Post
(TCP) Nagrota, a bus, which was coming from Srinagar to Jammu,
was stopped for checking, a police official said.
During frisking of passengers, police seized eight
packets of contraband heroin from 38-year-old Raja Kursheed,
and 5 packets of heroin from Mohd Ashraf Khan (60), he said.
The market value of the drugs seized is about Rs 65
crore, the official said.
A case was registered and an investigation was underway,
he added.
In another incident, police arrested a man and seized 20
kg poppy from him, the official said, a case was registered
against him and an investigation was underway.
PTI
