14 quintals poppy husk seized, two arrested

Friday, August 3, 2007, 18:35 [IST]

Kapurthala, Aug 3 (UNI) The Bholath police today arrested two persons and recovered 14 quintal poppy husk from their possession.

Talking to mediapersons here SSP Rakesh Aggarwal said that a police party intercepted a truck and on search of the vehicle recovered 39 bags of poppy husk. He said the alleged accused during their preliminary interrogatioon confessed that they had bought the poppy husk from Gwalior, at Rs 10,500 per quintal and were to sell in different parts of Punjab at Rs 18,000 to Rs 20,000 per quintal .

The SSP said the truck in which the poppy husk was brought was bearing a fake registration number of Punjab and it was impounded.

The police has registered a case under the narcotics act against the two accused identified as Jand Singh of Dolewal village and Ajmer Singh of Indgarh village, both in Moga district.

UNI

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