Truck with over 200 kg poppy straw seized in J&K’s Udhampur [Video]

Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Police on Monday seized a truck and arrested its driver in Udhampur district after over 200 kg of poppy straw was recovered from the vehicle.

Poppy straw is the husk left after opium has been extracted from the pods. This poppy straw also contains a small morphine content and if used in sufficient quantities this poppy straw can give a high.

There are poppy straw addicts who are supplied the straw.

A police statement said that a narcotic smuggling bid was foiled by police in Udhampur district by recovering a huge quantity of the psychotropic substance.

“One person with 211 kg of poppy straw at ‘naka’ point Jakhani on the National Highway was arrested. This is part of the ongoing drive against drug trafficking and substance abuse.

“A team of police station Udhampur led by the Station House Officer while on ‘naka’ checking at Jakhani stopped one truck coming from Srinagar towards Jammu. In the process of a …