Continuing it’s drive against drug trafficking and substance abuse, Jammu Police achieved major success by recovering 73 Kgs and 360 grams of poppy straw from one drug peddler on a vehicle bearing Registration No. JK02U/2569.
On specific information generated by local intelligence, dedicated naka was laid by police teams of PS Jhajjar Kotli constituted under the supervision of SDPO Nagrota Parupkar Singh, whereby dedicated police teams of PS Jhajjar Kotli led by SHO PS Jhajjar Kotli Inspr. Devinder Singh rounded up a suspect who tried to flee away on seeing police naka. On search of the said truck, 73 Kgs and 360 grams of poppy straw was recovered from the truck which was kept in the body of truck hidden along with scrap, vehicle driver has been identified as Krishan Lal S/O Sandokhu Ram R/O Sheikhupur Tehsil Arnia District Jammu.
On this, a Case FIR No 170/2021 U/S 8/15/25 NDPS Act got registered at P/S Jhajjar Kotli and accused got arrested.
Further investigation of the case is going on. Jammu police has started to work on backward linkages i.e from where exactly drugs had been procured and the forward linkages also i.e where the drugs were to be delivered. Intensive questioning is going on to know about their other accomplices in the crime.
Jammu Police is striving hard and taking every possible step to make people especially youth aware to eradicate drug menace. We request people of the area to come forward and share information about drug peddling or consumption on 9086100100 or 100 with Police for the cause. Your identity will be kept confidential.