Around six kilograms of cannabis was seized at Arif Nagar Overbridge by Gautam Nagar police on Thursday. The cannabis was seized during a vehicle checking drive ahead of the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee's visit to the city on Friday.
According to the Gautam Nagar police vehicle checking drive under the security arrangements before the visit of the President was held at different places and on Thursday afternoon they received a tip that an Ujjain-based person carrying cannabis would reach Bhopal for delivering the consignment.
In the afternoon the suspect arrived with his vehicle and was stopped for checking and during the checking around 6 kg of cannabis was seized from his possession.
The miscreant was detained and after preliminary investigation a case under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered.
The accused was identified as lacchu Gurjar. He confirmed that the consignment was to be delivered from Nagpur to Ujjain.
A vehicle checking post had been erected at Berasia Road where the accused was nabbed.
Police said that the accused is not able to provide details regarding the delivery of the contraband as the person who would have received the consignment would have called him on his mobile number but it is possible that the he might have received information of his arrest and have escaped.
The nexus working behind the drug trafficking would be unearthed during investigation.
The accused also confirmed that he has delivered the consignment but he is not aware of the parties involved in those transactions.