9 bags of poppy husk seized, two held
Bahadurjeet Singh/Rupnagar,May 22,2025
Kiratpur Sahib SHO Jatin Kapoor said that during checking at naka on Rupnagar-Kiratpur Sahib road, near village Hazara, Police station Kiratpur Sahib, a truck was intercepted and checked. During checking, 9 bags poppy husk (uncrushed/raw) weighing total 180kg 160gm have been recovered from truck no. Pb12Y-8188, which was coming from Gujarat
Driver Hardeep Singh of Una,Himachal Pradesh and Conductor: Abhishek of Hoshiarpur were arrested.
An FIR under section 15-61-85 NDPS Act was registered at Kiratpur Sahib police station against the accused.
The accused will be produced before court and police remand will be taken. Forward and backward links are being investigated.
