25.5 kg opium seized, three arrested

Police have seized a cache of 25.5 kg opium here and arrested three persons in this connection.

The contraband was recovered from a car during routine surveillance at a police check point in Malout village, SSP Surjit Singh said today.

Nirmal Singh and two others, namely Dyal Singh and Uday Lal, both from Rajasthan, were arrested.

Dayal was earlier arrested in 2002 also with 15 kg opium, the SSP said.