About 70 quintal of poppy husk worth Rs 70 lakh was seized from the house of a smuggler in Talwandi Bhangarian village, police said here on Wednesday.

On a tip off, a raid was conducted yesterday and the contraband worth Rs76 lakh recovered, they said, adding that alleged smuggler Jagseer Singh was arrested.
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Two other accused-- Sukhdev Singh and Gurcharan Singh--however managed to escape.
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