SHIMLA, Mar 5: The suspected main supplier of poppy husk to several northern states was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, Himachal Pradesh Police said on Sunday.
The accused’s name had cropped up during the probe into the recovery of 18 quintals of poppy husk in Una district’s Haroli in May 2020, the police said.
The accused, identified as Manjoor Ahmed Ganni (51), was allegedly the main producer and supplier of poppy husk in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and neighbouring states and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir