Jammu, Sep 21 (PTI) Police arrested two persons and seized over 45 kg of poppy from them, officials said on Wednesday.

The two were arrested from a Punjab-bound bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district, they said.

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A police team intercepted the bus on the Jammu-Pathankot national highway at AIIMS checkpoint and recovered over 45 kg of poppy. They then arrested the driver and the conductor, the officials said.

A case has been registered and investigation is going on, they added.

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