India News | Huge Quantities of Poppy Seized in Jharkhand's Chatra

Chatra, Jun 9 (PTI) Huge quantities of illegally-grown poppy were seized in Jharkhand's Chatra district on Friday, police said.

Acting on a tip-off that poppy was being cultivated in Baniabandh village in Rajpur police station area, police raided a house and made the seizure, they said.

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In all, 218 kg of poppy and 4.6 kg of opium were seized, they added.

The accused persons, however, managed to escape, police said.

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The seized items were worth around Rs 54 lakh in the international black market, they said.

A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and a search was underway to nab the three persons behind it, police said.

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