Crime branch police nabbed two miscreants from Bagh Sewania and recovered 500 gm of Cannabis and Rs 1.5 lakh cash from their possession on Wednesday.
According to the police, acting on a tip-off regarding the selling of cannabis by two miscreants were nabbed in Bagh Sewania area and recovered drugs and cash from their possession.
Addl SP (Crime) Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that for the first time such big amount of cash has been recovered and with the arrest of the two accused the figure of drug peddlers nabbed has reached 11.
From the month of January crime police have recovered around 100 kg of Cannabis and the source of drugs were the regions of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, he added. The nabbed drug peddlers were identified as Sandeep Kuchbandiya and Kanha Kuchbandiya of Bagh Sewania area.
The Cannabis recovered in the last three months is worth Rs 70 lakh which suggests that the drug trafficking has increased. The two used to sell small packets of Cannabis at Rs 40 to Rs 50. The money recovered from their possession was earned by selling the drugs claimed the police. Police have registered a case under NDPS Act and have started further investigation.
The crime record of the two would be searched and other accomplices which helped the two in selling and those who were their customers would be searched.
It was found during the investigation that the two were involved in the selling of the drugs in small quantities and search for the source of the obtaining the drugs would be investigated.