Jammu, 17 April (H.S.): Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized over 21.68 kg of illegally cultivated opium (poppy) plants and booked one person in connection with the case in Kathua district, officials said.

Acting on specific information about the illicit cultivation of poppy in the Pallan area of Billawar, a police team launched an operation under the supervision of senior officers on Thursday, they said.

During the action, police seized 21.68 kg of poppy cultivation and destroyed it on the spot in the presence of an executive magistrate, following due procedure, they said.

The police booked Khushi Mohd, a resident of Pallan in Kathua’s Billawar Tehsil. A case under has been registered at police station Billawar and further investigation is underway.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Krishan Kumar