Kalka man held with poppy husk
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, March 31
The Sector 26 Crime Branch of the district police arrested a man and recovered over 5 kg of poppy husk from him.
The suspect has been identified as Jasveer Singh, a resident of Paploha village in Kalka.
On March 30, the police had received a tip-off that the suspect was smuggling the contraband into the district in a canter truck from Rajasthan. On the basis of secret inputs, the police set up a naka near the HMT factory in Pinjore and intercepted a canter coming from the Panchkula side.
On searching the vehicle, the police team seized the contraband kept in a tool box.
A case has been registered under Sections 15, 61 and 85 of the NDPS Act at the Pinjore police station.
The suspect was produced in a local court today and sent to eight-day police remand.
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