Ludhiana, Sept. 5 -- City police have arrested a Punbus driver and a PRTC conductor in separate cases for allegedly transporting poppy husk on government bus routes, recovering 5kg of the contraband from each.

Both the accused were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and sent to two-day police remand, police said.

Police are questioning them about the source of the contraband and possible links in the supply chain.

In the first case, Division Number 5 police arrested Gurchet Singh, a resident of Ghanour Khurd village in Dhuri, Sangrur. Investigating officer Paramjit Singh said Gurchet worked as a Punbus driver and operated buses from the Ludhiana depot to Delhi and Rajasthan.

According to police, he ...