Agencies:

KATHUA: Foiling a major bid of smuggling banned drugs, Kathua police has seized a huge quantity of contraband items at Lakhanpur near here which were being smuggled from Punjab to Kashmir valley and arrested two narcotic smugglers on spot.

In a decisive action against drug menace, Kathua police succeeded in foiling an attempt of smuggling drugs valuing Rs one crore approximately from Punjab to Bijbeharra, in South Kashmir district of Anantnag which were loaded in a goods truck. The police recovered 1,91,520 tablets of Proxy Von Plus capsules and 28,800 bottles of Win Cirex drugs packed in 240 boxes from the truck hidden under grocery material.

The SSP said that during the checking 240 Nos. of Cardboard cartoons , each cartoon containing 120 bottles of "WINCIREX" cough syrup with a total 28,800 bottles of 100 ml and 191520 Nos. of "SPASMO-PROXYVON-PLUS" capsules stealthily hidden under the soap cartoons were found laden in the truck which were being smuggled from Ludhiana, Punjab to Bijbehara in Anatnag district of South Kashmir.