Two persons, including the son of a former Congress Minister, was nabbed by crime branch with 13.5 kg of cannabis worth Rs 1.4 lakh from his possession on Wednesday, accused had a debt of Rs 8 lakh and to repay loan he started illegal trade of drugs said ASP (Crime branch) Rashmi Mishra while speaking with the media persons on Thursday.
One of the two accused was identified as Yavendra Singh (30), son of former Congress minister Bisahu lal Singh was nabbed along with his aide Chandraprakash Dangi of Datia in Kolar with Cannabis is different packets from the two accused.
Acting on a tip a jeep with two persons was stopped and checked and recovered drugs from their possession at Sarwadharm. The two were not able to provide details of the drug and were nabbed.
In the initial investigation accused told the police that Dangi had a debt of Rs 8 lakh and to pay the borrowed money he along with his friend Yavendra Pratap Singh started drug trafficking.
He used to bring drugs from Cannabis and would sell in the city and other nearby areas. The police have registered a case under NDPS act and have started further investigation.
In the initial investigation from Chandraprakash Singh 7.3 kg and from Yavendra Singh 6.1 Kg of Cannabis was recovered. During the investigation police found that Yavendra used to deliver the drugs in Chandraprakash’s vehicle and told that this is for the first time that they brought drugs to the city.