PANCHKULA, Sept. 27 — Police arrested a truck driver and seized more than 8 kg of poppy husk that was being smuggled from Delhi to Himachal Pradesh, officials said.
The recovery was made by the Panchkula police’s anti-narcotics cell during a patrol on Sept. 25 after a tip-off. A checkpoint was set up on the Zirakpur highway under the supervision of incharge Praveen Kumar, where teams began inspecting suspicious vehicles.
According to ACP crime Arvind Kamboj, a truck carrying scrap material was stopped, and during inspection a bag concealed behind the driver’s seat under a blanket was found. The bag contained 8.425 kg of poppy husk.
The driver, identified as Ali Ahmad, 41, son of Fazal Deen and resident of Asrewali village in Panchkula district, was taken into custody on the spot.
DCP crime said a case under Section 15 of the NDPS Act has been registered at Chandimandir police station. Ahmad was produced in court and remanded to three days of police custody.
“Initial interrogation revealed that the accused had procured the contraband from Delhi and intended to sell it in Himachal Pradesh,” the DCP noted.
