Ludhiana, Jan. 29 -- The CIA staff of Ludhiana Rural police on Tuesday recovered 1,680 kg poppy husk hidden under sacks of flour in a truck, officials said.

They said the accused abandoned the truck after seeing the police and escaped.

According to police, jailed drug peddling accused Harjinder Singh alias Rindi of Raipur Araian village is operating the nexus from the prison.

The police identified his aides as Sukhwinder Singh from Bhindar Kalan village in Moga and Sukhwinder Singh from Dharme Diyan Chhanna village in Mehatpur.

Ludhiana Rural senior superintendent of police (SSP) Navneet Singh Bains said the accused were smuggling poppy husk from Madhya Pradesh.

They had hidden the poppy husk under 30 sacks of flour,

he said. The SS...