In Haryana, Safidon Crime Investigation Agency of Jind District has arrested two accused with about nine quintals of Poppy pod and Poppy husk. The cost of the recovered Poppy pod and husk is being estimated to be between 37 to 40 lakh rupees.
The arrested accused has been identified as Sundarpal alias Sindar and Rinku Singh, resident of Sangrur in Punjab.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Rohtas Dhull said that on the basis of information, the house of Suresh, resident of Nirjan, was searched in the presence of Duty Magistrate Devendra Kumar and eight plastic sacks were found in a room inside the house, on opening them, seven sacks of Poppy Pod and one sack of Poppy husk were recovered.
Poppy husk was also recovered from 60 sacks lying in the other room. The total weight of the recovered Poppy Pod/husk is 898 kg. During interrogation, the accused told that they had bought this poppy pod and husk from Chhattisgarh for about Rs 30 lakh.
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