Ludhiana March 16 The city police on Monday nabbed five persons from different places in the city and seized a large quantity of habit-forming tablets ganja (cannabis) and poppy plants from the accused. The police arrested Amit Kumar of Visakha Colony Dhandari Kalan. His search led to the recovery of 4-kg cannabis (ganja). A case under the NDPS Act has been registered. The police nabbed one Kamaljit Singh a resident of Shivpuri and Suresh Kumar a resident of Jain Colony on Rahon Road from Shankar Colony in two separate cases. According to the police the search of accused Kamaljit yielded 525 tablets of Alprazolam 200 tablets of Diazepam and 100 tablets of Tramadol while the other accused Suresh was carrying 40 tablets of Tramadol on his person. Both the accused have been booked under sections 22 61 85 of the NDPS Act. Meanwhile the police apprehended Gurpreet Singh of Rurka Kalan village who had planted poppy plants in his fields located adjacent to Main GT Road. With the seizure of 132 plants of poppy from his fields the accused was booked under the NDPS Act. — OC

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