The crime branch arrested three drug peddlers in Subhash Nagar area on Saturday and recovered 10 kg of cannabis worth Rs1 lakh from their possession.
Acting on a tip off regarding three persons roaming suspiciously a police team was dispatched and successfully detained the three persons and recovered Cannabis from their possession.
The three were identified as Mansoor Khan (26) of Indrapuri, Bablu alias Raja of Hoshangabad and Sanju Chouhan (32) of Piplani. The police recovered 10 kg of Cannabis from their possession worth Rs1 lakh.
Mansoor holds past criminal record and was booked for more than 20 crimes by Piplani, Govindpura, Mangalwara, Aishbagh. He was the mastermind and used his shop as the selling point for the drugs. Bablu used to sell drugs at tea stall and juice center while Sanju used to sell drugs from his tea stall.
Police said that Mansoor confessed that he owns a tea and juice stall in Indrapuri and is a watch list criminal under Piplani police and served jail term several times in the past. During the initial investigation Mansoor confessed that around a year ago Sanju told him that drugs selling could fetch fast and big money and engineering and college students buy a packet of Cannbis from Rs 50 to Rs100 after which he started to sell drugs. For the past one year he was selling drugs from his shop and most of his customers were college going students. He confessed that he employed Bablu for Rs9000 monthly for selling drugs.