Habibganj police has nabbed a drug peddler near Habibganj underbridge and recovered 1.5 kg drugs worth Rs 25,000 from his possession on Friday.
The police acted swiftly on a tip-off and nabbed accused who was carrying drugs which was Cannabis weighing 1.5 kg from his possession.The accused was identified as Harsh alias Kunal Mehra who failed to provide details of the drugs recovered from his possession.
Police said that the details of procurement and delivery of the drugs would be probed in the further investigation. After the initial investigation, the police have registered a case under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.
The source of the drugs and their scheduled delivery to the customer in the city and nearby areas would be probed.
The accused confessed that he was involved in drug peddling for long and has been booked for several cases in different police stations of the state.
Police said that more people involved in the nexus would be investigated and arrested.
Meanwhile Khajuri Sadak police have registered case of murder of woman found dead in well in Barkheda Bondar village on July 2020.Police said that the deceased remained unidentified who was found drowned in the well.
In the preliminary investigation, police found that the deceased was pushed into the well with a stone tied to her body to assure that body remained tanked and in post mortem report it was revealed that woman was pushed alive and she died due to drowning.
Body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC.