Suspected drug peddler arrested with 7kg poppy in Kashmir

A man, suspected to be a drug peddler, was arrested and seven kilograms of poppy was seized from his possession in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted the man, identified as Mansoor of south Kashmir, and seized the poppy from him, they said. A case has been registered, police said.