Interstate drug peddler arrested in Jammu; 180 kgs of hashish recovered

JAMMU: Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Jammu wing arrested one Interstate drug peddler and recovered 180 kg of hashish (fine quality cannabis) from his possession.

Senior superintendent of police Vinay Kumar Sharma said, “ANTF foiled a bid to smuggle a commercial quantity of hashish worth lakhs from Kashmir to outside of UT with the arrest of one interstate drug peddler.”

“ANTF received a specific information that one person namely Ramesh son of Pappa Ram of Gangawas Corna from Barmer in Rajasthan, who is the habitual narco smuggler, is transporting a consignment of narcotics and is on the way from Kashmir to outside UT via NH44 in some unknown vehicle,” Sharma added.

He said, “The sleuth of ANTF Jammu wing put up random check points at different places along the NH44 across three districts.”

“The accused was arrested and contraband and vehicle were also seized,” Sharma said.

A case under the NDPS Act was registered at ANTF police station.