Kapurthala, June 29: Police today claimed to have recovered about five quintals of poppy husk from a truck near the Fettudhinga octroi post. District police chief R N Dhoke said the seizure was made after the police held a naka (interception and checking) following a tip-off.

The truck driver managed to flee and on the search of the truck, police found fourteen bags of poppy husk each weighing thirty to thirty five kilogrammes.

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