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Sub-inspector Inderjit Singh, SHO, GRP police station, said, “Two police parties arrested the accused from different platforms during the drive ahead of Independence Day. LUDHIANA: The Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested two men with 3.5kg of opium at the city railway station during a late night inspection on Wednesday.The accused were identified as Manas Naag (28) and Phool Chand (22), who belonged to Jharkhand. While Manas was arrested with 2kg opium, Chand was nabbed with 1.5kg of the contraband. A case under Section 61-1-14 of the Excise Act was registered against the accused. They purchased opium from Jharkhand and then sold it in different areas.”Police arrested them when they were on their way to give the consignment to a customer in Jalandhar, added the SHO..