Eight kilogram opium has been seized and five persons arrested for possessing the contraband in separate cases, police said today.
SSP Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said that 7-kg opium was recovered from a car during checking at a bridge in the Kotla Bajwara Rajbahaa area.
The three occupants of the car - identified as Kamaljit Singh, Parveen Kumar and Prince Sharma - have been arrested.
In another case, 500-gm opium each was seized from two accused, Rajesh Kumar and Sandeep Singh.
