Piplani police have nabbed two drug peddlers at Hathai Kheda Dam road and recovered drugs worth Rs 2 lakh from their possession on Thursday.
Police said that acting on a tip-off regarding two men carrying drugs on a motorbike were nabbed and when they were checked 20 kg of cannabis was recovered from their possession.
The drug peddlers were identified as Ramesh Pal (36) of Raisen and Premshankar Ahirwar (48) of Vidisha who failed to provide details of the drugs recovered from their possession.
Police said that the details of procurement and delivery of the drugs would be searched in the further investigation.
After the initial investigation police have registered a case under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.
Motorbike bearing registration number MP40MN4616 which was used in carrying drugs was seized by the police and source of the drugs and their scheduled delivery to the customer in the city and nearby areas would be probed.
During the initial investigation it was found that the accused was scheduled to deliver the drugs in Bhopal but place of procurement and other details are yet to be investigated.
The vehicle is stolen for committing the crime or owned by the drug peddler would be nabbed in the further investigation.
Based on the registration number of the vehicle details regarding the bike would be searched.
Details of the nabbed drug peddlers would be collected from Raisen and Vidisha police. Their involvement in drug peddling and other crimes would be investigated, said police.