Two engineering students were nabbed by Gandhi Nagar police and recovered cannabis worth Rs1.78 lakh from their possession on Monday.
According to the police, acting on a tip off two youths were nabbed and when they were searched two packets carrying Cannabis were recovered from their possession.
The two were identified as Abhisek Kumar and Anand Vibhor. Both accused are final year student of engineering of Sagar College. The two used to live at a rented house in Gandhi Nagar. The two hail from Bihar.
Based on the information of youths carrying drugs a motorbike bearing registration number MP04-QF-5605 was tracked and detained at Gandhi Nagar trisection and when Cannabis was recovered from their possession but they failed to provide any document for carrying the drugs.
In the initial investigation accused confessed that they were in search of the customer but before they could sell the drugs they were nabbed.
During the investigation it was found that the nabbed accused were in contact with the drug peddlers nabbed by Ashoka Garden police on Sunday and it is possible that the nexus of students are working in drug peddling.
Police said that the accused students nabbed by Gandhi Nagar are seniors of the accused students nabbed by Ashoka Garden police.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act and have started further investigation. Police suspect that more students are involved in nexus and would be nabbed in the further investigation.