Rajouri,April 18 :–Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday destroyed illegal cultivation of poppy straw from a field in Sawari of Kandi police station.
A specific information was received that a person namely Mohammad Altaf son of Mohammad Bashir resident of Sawari has cultivated poppy plants illegally in his agriculture land in the area.
On this information a case FIR No 34/2019 under sections 8/15 NDPS Act was registered in police station Kandi and a team of police headed by SHO Kandi Mustaj Ahmed along with Naib Tehsildar Kandi (executive magistrate first class ) and patwari halqa concerned rushed to the spot for investigation and all legal formalities were completed.
The cultivation was destroyed thereafter.
People are requested to kindly inform police in case there is any cultivation of poppy straw in any part of Rajouri district which is a threat to the lives of younger generations.
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