3 drug peddlers held with 4.5 kg cannabis

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21 Jun 2015, 12:00 am

Crime branch Bhopal has nabbed three drug peddlers from Hanumanganj area and seized 4.5 kg of cannabis from their possession on Friday.Acting on a tip-off, three miscreants, who were roaming in the area on a motorbike, were stopped and when their belongings were searched, the police found 4.5 kg of cannabis in their bag.

After the three were stopped, they were asked to produce the documents of the motorbike and while the three were providing details of the motorbike, a black colour bag, which was with them was searched and drugs were recovered from the bag.The three were identified as Virendra Kuchbandiya, Subhash Kuchbandiya and Sushil Agrawal.Sushil Agrawal hails from Odisha while the other two accused, Virendra and Subhash, are residents of Chhola Mandir area.

Accused would be questioned to find the source of the drugs.

Superintendent of Police (Crime) Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that the three accused supplied around 20 kg of the drugs and were nabbed with the remaining, which were a part of the consignment.One of the accused, Sushil Agrawal has already been nabbed for drug trafficking in Odisha and was granted bail. He used to stay at Hotel leela in Hanumanganj area. The major part of the consignment, which has been delivered, would be traced and the parties, which have received the drugs, would be nabbed, he added.

Police are searching for three accomplices of the

miscreants.