360-kg poppy husk seized from truck

Our Correspondent

Garhshankar, July 23

The Garhshankar police have seized 360 kg of poppy husk from a canter parked outside Sahib Dhaba at Adda Barapur on the Garhshankar-Nangal road. The truck driver managed to escape from the spot. The poppy husk was hidden behind some household good in the truck. A car was also loaded in the truck.

SHO Iqbal Singh was patrolling along with a police party at around 2.30 am last night. He was informed by the police station Beenwal’s in-charge SI Satwinder Singh that a canter number PB-07-BT-6275 was parked near Sahib Dhaba with poppy husk. Vijay Kumar, resident of village Dallewal is sitting in Tanker to sell the poppy husk.

The SHO said he along with SI Satwinder Singh, ASI Jasvir Singh and a police party reached the spot and found a canter parked there having ‘on army duty’ sticker pasted on its wind screen. Seeing the police, suspect Vijay Kumar fled the spot. Getting information, DSP Satish Kumar also reached at the spot. During search, the police found 20 sacks of poppy husk, weighing18 kg each from the truck. The police have registered a case under Sections 15,61 and 85 of the NDPS Act against the suspect, Vijay KuBlock level results of Shabad reciting announced in the educational competition dedicated to the birth anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur