Jammu: Police on Friday recovered 120 kilogramme of poppy from a truck on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur district but the driver managed to escape, officials said.
A police party during routine checking intercepted a truck on the highway at Chenani area and was subjected to search, they said.
During the search, a special cabin was detected in a tool box inside the truck in which 5 bags of poppy weighing 120 kg were recovered, they said.
However, taking advantage of heavy traffic on the road, the truck driver fled away from the spot, police said.
Efforts are on to trace him, they said.
