SAMBA: Police have seized 23 kg of poppy from a Punjab-bound car on a highway and arrested a narcotic smuggler in Jammu and Kashmir”s Samba district, officials said Wednesday.
During checking of the said vehicle Tuesday, a total of 23 kg of poppy packed in 37 polythene bags, tactfully hidden in a fabricated cavity of the car, was recovered, they said. The accused, Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Jalandhar was arrested on the spot. The car was also impounded, officials said.
A case has been registered and further investigation is underway, they added.
