Karimnagar, (Telangana) Aug 20 (PTI): Three people have been arrested for a bid to smuggle 250 quintals of subsidy rice to Madhya Pradesh, police said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police under Ramagundam Commissionerate in Peddapalli district, Telangana, seized a truck with the PDS (public distribution system)rice on the outskirts of Kannala village.

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The three were arrested, and the rice worth Rs 4 lakh was seized, the police said.

The rice was allegedly being taken to Ambapura in Madhya Pradesh where the commodity fetches more money, Ramagundam Police Commissioner V Satyanarayana told PTI.

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