Cannabis (Ganja) worth over Rs 1.45 crore was seized in Indore Wednesday from a drug peddler, who has been arrested. Police are also searching for a couple of more persons who are suspected in the same racket.
The mother of the accused, Pavan Dhiman, is also suspected to be involved in the drug smuggling racket run by her son, a senior police official said.
Acting on a tip-off, the narcotics wing of the Madhya Pradesh police followed the 32-year-old drug peddler, who operated his racket under the guise of an auto-rickshaw driver in Chhoti Gwaltoli locality in Indore.
Narcotics wing sleuths later reached his another house in Kishanganj area in Indore district and during a raid there, recovered 145.500 kg of ganja (cannabis), Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mahendra Singh Sikarwar said.
The seized drug is valued at Rs 1,45,50,000 in the international market, he said. Newly appointed Additional Director General of Police (ADG) of the Narcotics Wing, had directed the police to launch a drive to nab drug smugglers which resulted in this catch, Sikarwar said.
Dhiman used to sell drugs near schools and colleges under the guise of an auto-rickshaw driver and it was suspected his mother is also involved in the racket, the DIG added.
A case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act was registered and further investigation was on, he added.
