Jalandhar, July 18: Police have arrested three people and recovered 1,860 kg of poppy husk from them between Malsiana and Kangana villages under the Shahkot police station near here.
A official release today said the truck, carrying the poppy husk, was intercepted on Tuesday night by the police on a tip-off. Those arrested in the case were -- truck driver Paramjit Singh, Jaswinder Singh and his son Sital Singh. The release further said Jaswinder Singh was a notorious smuggler of poppy husk and a number of cases were registered against him in the past.
The poppy husk, worth lakhs of rupees, was being smuggled from Rajasthan.

Bureau Report