Abohar/Sriganganagar, June 21

The Rajasthan police seized 7.5 kg of opium worth Rs 25 lakh by intercepting a car on the Ratangarh road. Two persons, identified as Surinder Singh Bhatti of Bhilwara and Nirmal Kumar Berwa of Chittorgarh have been held under the NDPS Act.

Meanwhile, in Sriganganagar, 650 gm of opium was seized when the police intercepted a vehicle being used by Baba Sunder Nath, head of a dera, and his disciples Subhash Nath, Prem Singh and Jagdish Bishnoi. The Abohar police seized 100 gm of opium from Pramod Kumar of Sadulshehar. Another police team raided a tube well motor room in Chak Bilochan Mahalam village, near Fazilka, and seized 300 kg of poppy husk. — OC