Ten alleged drug peddlers were arrested along with a large quantity of contraband substances in different parts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday.
More than 275 kgs of poppy straw were recovered from a truck loaded with apples during checking at Ramsoo in Ramban district along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Saturday, an official said.
Both driver and conductor of the truck, hailing from Baramulla district, were arrested and booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official said.
On checking a car at Jhajjar Kotli, 46.6 kgs of poppy straw was recovered. The vehicle intercepted at Jhajjar Kotli on the outskirts of Jammu was going to Punjab from Kashmir, a police official said.
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