Man held with banned medicinal herbs: Police

The Jammu and Kashmir police Friday claimed to have arrested a man for allegedly smuggling Nag Chatri, a banned high value medicinal herb, here in Kishtwar.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Kishtwar, Shakti KumarPathak, told Greater Kashmir: “A team from Kuleed police post, while onpatrolling duty, reliably learnt that one Tariq Hussain has illegally dumpedforest herbs, viz Nag Chatri, at his shop in Kishtwar.”

   

After receiving the tip-off, the SSP said, cops raided thesuspected shop and recovered seven bags of Nag Chatri. “Around 249 kilogams ofNag Chatri were recovered from the shop, which amounts to Rs 5 lakhapproximately,” he said.

An FIR has been registered and the accused has beenarrested, the SSP said, adding that further investigations are going on.

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