The narcotics wing of the Madhya Pradesh police in Indore seized 34,500 pills of Alprazolam drug worth Rs 2.3 lakh at Green Park Colony on Dhar Road in the wee hours of Wednesday.
ADG Varun Kapoor said that after receiving the information DSP Aarti Singh and in-charge inspector of Narcotics BD Tripathi formed a team and seized the accused and recovered pills from his possession.
Acting on a tip off regarding delivery of huge quantity of Alprazolam drug at Green Park Colony a police team was formed and the miscreant was caught carrying two boxes of Alprazolam tablets on his scooter.
During the investigation 34500 pills which are worth Rs 2.3 lakh in the grey market were recovered. The pills were of Cadilla Company and are sold with a brand name of Anzilum.
The nabbed accused was identified as Aslam alias Abdul Samad (55) of Indore.
The team rushed to the spot and after sometime the miscreant arrived on a scooter bearing registration number MP09 ST 8093 with a box on his scooter and when the box he was carrying on his scooter were searched huge amount of illegal and controlled substances drug Aplrazolam was found.
Narcotics department has taken the action to put a curb on illegally traded drugs and seizing of drugs would be continued to safeguard the citizens from the ill effects of the drugs.
Police have registered a case under section 8 and 22 of the NDPS Act.
The drugs were scheduled to deliver to which person and involvement of the accused in the illegal selling of drugs would be investigated. The drug is a sedative medicine and used by the miscreants as drugs.
With the seizing of the tablets the narcotics department has nabbed three miscreants and have recovered drugs worth Rs 18 lakh in the past 20 days.