Crime branch Bhopal arrested master mind of drug peddling gang from Gandhi Nagar bridge on Friday; accused was carrying a reward of Rs 5000, accused was caught while transporting illegal drugs worth Rs 50000 on a bike.
The accused Abdul Khalid alias Guddu (45) was wanted in drug peddling, three of his aides used to sell drugs for him in the past who were arrested by the police.
He revealed that as he used to work as driver he had visited Odisha and started to bring Cannbis which he would sell with the help of Deepak, Asif and Wajid who were nabbed earlier by the plloce.
Abdul managed to remain absconding and was only trapped after he was trapped by crime branch personnel who posed as customers offered to buy and arrested him when he came with drugs.
Crime branch recovered 5.2 kg of Cannabis and bike bearing registration number MP04QA1644 which was used to carry drugs.
The police registered a case under NDPS act and started further investigation and nabbed the accused on Friday. In the past few months drug consignments were frequently traced by crime branch police Bhopal which were mostly supplied from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and the means of transport used by the drug traffickers.
