Jammu, Oct 15 (PTI) Two suspected narcotics smugglers were arrested on Sunday after over 200 kilogrammes of poppy straw was recovered from their truck in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district, police said.

The truck, arriving from Kashmir, was intercepted and checked at Jakhani along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, a police spokesperson said.

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He said 239 kilogrammes of poppy straw was seized from the vehicle, following which the driver and co-passenger, both residents of Budgam, were arrested.

A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was registered and investigation is underway, the spokesperson said.

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