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Punjab police recover 41 Qintals of popy husks, 1 held

Bathinda, July 15 (UNI) Punjab Police's Counter Intelligence team has arrested a drug smuggler and seized a massive 4100 kg (210 bags) of poppy husk being smuggled in a container truck from Madhya Pradesh, said state Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.

The arrested drug smuggler has been identified as Sandeep Singh, alias Kaka (Truck Driver), of village Raipur Arian in Nakodar, Jalandhar. Apart from recovering the big haul of Poppy Husk, police teams have also impounded the container truck.
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