BUDGAM, May 2 -- Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Police in Budgam have destroyed poppy cultivation spread over vast area of land at Pallar, area of Budgam.

In Budgam, a police party of Police Station Budgam at a checkpoint established at Choon crossing, intercepted a Motorcycle bearing registration number JK04H -8764 ridden by two persons. They have been identified as Bilal Ahmed Wani son of Mohammad Sultan Wani & Showket Ahmad Wani son of Ghulam Hassan Wani, both residents of Thokerpora. During the search, poppy straw-like substance weighing about 8kg 100 grams, 36 grams charas, 03 mobile phones and a cash amount of Rupees 1000 (believed to be proceeds of narcotics) were recovered from their pos...