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4625 bottles of drugs seized in Lakhanpur

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 6/24/2019 11:25:50 AM

KATHUA, Jun 23: Excise sleuths Sunday seized 4625 bottles of drugs (Codeine Phosphate) at Toll Post Lakhanpur.
“On the intervening night of June 22 and 23, 2019, in an operation by Excise Staff at Toll Post Lakhanpur 4625 bottles of Drugs (Codeine Phosphate) in two trucks bearing registration No. JK08E-3535 and JK03E-2085 were seized.The whole operation was carried out under the supervision of Deputy Excise Commissioner, Toll Post Lakhanpur, Ashish Gupta along with Excise & Taxation Officers Rohit Sharma, Sandeep Gupta and Sajjad Ahmed Sofi, Inspectors, Javed Iqbal, Dheeraj Kumar, Varun Chandan, Sub-Inspectors, Kanwaljeet Shan, Aaqib Malik, Jugal Kishore, Sahil Choudhary, and Guards Davinder Singh, Sohan Lal, Nihal Singh and Naveen Sharma,” said a police spokesperson.
“Truck No JK03E-2085 was declared loaded with tiles and empty crates and second truck bearing registration No JK08E-3535 was declared load with trade goods,” he added.
M Raju, Excise Commissioner J&K Srinagar while appreciating the efforts of Excise team of Toll Post Lakhanpur for its sustained enforcement efforts in the area, enjoined upon them to carry on such drives to thwart the nefarious design of drugs smugglers in future also.