Crime branch police have nabbed two drug peddlers and recovered 30 kg of Cannabis worth Rs 3 lakh from their possession at Bhadbhada area on Tuesday.
Addl SP Crime Rashmi Shukla while speaking with media persons on Wednesday said that acting on a tip off regarding two persons in a white car without registration number, a team was dispatched and the two were nabbed and drugs were recovered from the car.
The nabbed accused were identified as Mangaldas Bairagi (25) and Ramiuddin Khan (35) of Sehore. Mangaldas works as driver while Ramiuddin is a farmer.
The accused were scheduled to get Rs 20000 each for the delivery and have confessed that they have delivered drugs twice in the past. They have received money in the past two deliveries and were in need of money and wanted to make fast money.
During the investigation it was found that Dinesh Ahirwar of Shajapur owns the car used by the two to deliver the drugs. Dinesh along with Mukeem of Shyampur he had provided the drugs to the nabbed accused to be delivered at Bhadbhada culvert.
Police have started to investigate crime record of the two nabbed accused and started search for the two main accused involved in drug trafficking.
The nabbed accused persons were scheduled to deliver the drugs near Bhadbhada but they were nabbed before the delivery.
The accused would be quizzed regarding the customers in the state capital which have received the drugs earlier and those who were scheduled to collect it on Tuesday.