5 arrested for smuggling poppy husk

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Press Trust of India Rewari
Last Updated : Sep 16 2013 | 8:21 PM IST
Five persons were today arrested for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of poppy husk, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of police officials raided a state-owned godown in Bawal town where they nabbed the five accused.
Police seized 86 quintals of poppy husk and recovered two country-made pistols and eight live cartridges from the accused. Two mini-trucks and two cars were also impounded following the raid, police said.
The accused have been identified as Pawan Agarwal from Jaipur district and Jagdish and Gopal of Bhilwara district of Rajasthan, Agya Pal of Kaithal district of Haryana and Bhagwana of Rewari city, police said.
A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and the Arms Act has been registered in the matter.
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First Published: Sep 16 2013 | 8:21 PM IST

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