Delhi Police's Crime Branch has busted an interstate gang of three men involved in supply of poppy straw, official said on Wednesday.
Shiv Lal (42), Hemraj (63) residents of Udaipur, Rajasthan and Satender (22), a resident of northeast Delhi's Swaroop Nagar were arrested, they said.
Over 400 kilograms of poppy straw worth more than Rs 16 lakh was recovered, police said.
According to police, the poppy straw was being brought in from Rajasthan to Delhi, for sale in Delhi-NCR region. The godown cum factory that was being used to store, grind and pack the poppy straw has been unearthed in Baloki village, Alipur, Delhi,
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