Mohali, July 19 -- Police on Thursday arrested a 72-year-old man and seized 1.36 quintal of poppy husk from a room filled with fodder in Seikhon Majra village. The accused has been identified as Jarnail Singh alias Jaila.

Acting on a tip-off, the CIA staff Mohali, under the leadership of inspector Harminder Singh and the supervision of DSP (Investigation) Jatinder Singh Chauhan, conducted the raid and made the recovery from a fodder room attached to the accused's residence.

While addresing a press conference, SP Saurav Jindal, said, "We received a tip-off that the accused, along with his associates Iqbal Singh alias Jaggu and Paramjit Singh alias Pamma, had recently brought in a consignment of poppy husk from outside the state. The narc...