Jammu, Sep 30 (PTI) A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday awarded 10 years imprisonment to a man for involving in drug peddling in Ramban district of the union territory.

The session court of Ramban also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Abid Ahmed Sofi of Anantnag district for committing the crime in 2017.

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According to the police, the case was registered in police station Banihal on October 20, 2017, after a police party deputed at the Railway crossing intercepted a car and arrested Sofi. During the search, they recovered 50 to 60 kilograms of poppy concealed by him inside his car.

Accordingly, an investigation was carried out by police and a case was lodged in the court of sessions judge.

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