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12-year jail to three for possessing poppy husk in Mohali

A local court awarded 12-year jail to three people arrested for possessing poppy husk.

Updated on: Aug 21, 2016, 14:17:36 IST
Hindustan Times | By , SAS Nagar
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A local court awarded 12-year jail to three people arrested for possessing poppy husk.

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The accused have been identified as Mandeep Singh of Bhagomajra, Amritpal Singh and Ajay Kumar of Sunny Enclave, Kharar. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on the convicts. Police arrested them during checking at a naka on July 5, 2014.

Police stopped their truck coming from Kharar and recovered more than one-quintal poppy husk from their possession.