Two narcotic smugglers were arrested and 13 kg of poppy straw (hukki) and ₹27 lakh cash were seized from them in Samba district, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said Thursday.
A police party while conducting searches of stranded trucks on Mansar Morh, intercepted a truck that led to the drug bust.
“During checking of the truck we found a gunny bag containing 13 kg of poppy straw. It was kept in the tool box. During further search, two polythene bags containing bundles of Indian currency worth ₹27 lakhs was also recovered,” said a police spokesperson.
The drug peddlers have been identified as Samiullah (truck driver) and his associate Zahid Maqbool, both residents of Lower Munda in Qazigund.
The truck was also seized.
A case under sections 8/15/22/29 of NDPS Act has been registered at the Samba police station and further investigations have been initiated.
Linkages in the supply chain of this narcotic module are being investigated, he added.