Agar Malwa, Mar 21 (PTI) Police in Agar Malwa district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday seized 613.6 kg of poppy husk, valued at Rs 1.22 crore, from a truck and arrested a man.
The container truck was on its way to Punjab, an official said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ravindra Kumar Boyat said the Kotwali police received information about a truck carrying poppy husk concealed among sacks of soybean.
It was intercepted at Ganesh Ghati on Agar-Sarangpur Road. Upon search, police found the narcotic substance hidden in 31 black sacks among 325 sacks loaded in the truck.
Driver Vikar Singh Bhullar (around 35 years), a resident of Tarn Taran district of Punjab, did not have the license needed for transporting the substance, the official said.
A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at Kotwali police station in Agar and further investigation is underway, ASP Boyat added. PTI COR LAL KRK
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