Rewa police have busted a drug peddler nexus and recovered 686 kg of Cannabis worth Rs 68.60 lakh and nabbed seven drug peddlers; a SUV and truck carrying drugs were seized in the action.
Acting on a tip off regarding a massive consignment would be delivered in Sidhi from Satna and pass through Rewa and three teams conducted the operation and nabbed the drug peddlers.
The kingpin Anuj Kumar Jaiswal was arrested who was in the SUV along with Ashish Kumar Saket, Sufal Adhikari and Ganesh Behliya. When the vehicle was checked, it received 10 packets of ganja, whose total weight was found to be 120 kg, after which the truck was searched, and Aditya Jaiswal, Rajesh Saket and Gaurang Sana were nabbed from the truck
The SUV was found to be registered in the name of Anul Kumar Jaiswal who is involved in drug peddling for long.
During the investigation when the truck was checked 330 sacks of coconut covered with tarpaulin on the back side were recovered and behind these sacks 48 packets weighing 566 kg of Cannabis were found and which was brought from Malkangiri Orissa. The arrested accused Gaurang Sana, is a resident of Malkan Giri and the entire supply of Cannabis is made by him and was being transported in the name of transporting coconut.
The local connection of drug peddlers would be investigated in the further investigation.
The total would be over Rs 1 crore. A truck worth Rs 22 lakh and an SUV worth Rs 12 lakh was recovered.