JAMMU, July 13 -- The Special Judge (NDPS Cases), Jammu, has rejected the bail application of Showkat Ali Shah, an alleged supplier in a case involving the recovery of 2.570 kilograms of charas.

Special Judge Parvaiz Iqbal passed the order in the case titled NCB versus Shahjahan Haroon and Others, registered under Sections 8, 20 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.

According to the Narcotics Control Bureau, the contraband was recovered on October 26, 2024, from Shahjahan Mohammad Haroon Siddiqui and Sakila Samad Shaikh while they were travelling in a passenger taxi on National Highway-44 near the Forest Protection Force headquarters in Jammu.

The NCB alleged that the seized charas had been supplied by Showkat Ali...