The Talaiya police caught a drug peddler and recovered drugs weighing 250 gm charas (potent form of cannabis) worth Rs 30,000 from his possession on Wednesday.
Acting on a tip off a person carrying drug was nabbed and when he was searched Charas was recovered from his possession. The accused was identified as Sheru alias Furkan Khan (40) of Rajgarh Colony at Chola Mandir area.
In the initial investigation when he was quizzed he confessed that he was in search of customer to sell the drugs but before he could sell police nabbed him.
Police said that the accused has been involved in criminal activities but do not hold any criminal record with Talaiya police and other police stations would be informed to investigate details of his crime record.
The police have registered a case under of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and have started further investigation.
Meanwhile, Kamla Nagar police have nabbed a woman and two minor who were involved in burglary and recovered valuables worth Rs 75,000 from their possession. The accused lata Rajput and two minors were nabbed from Ekta market square and when they were quizzed they confessed burglary of valuables from victim Kamal Singh’s house on September 1 and escaped with gold and silver jewelry.
Two gold chains, one gold finger ring, one pair of gold ear rings and a pair of silver anklets were recovered from their possession. The crime record details of the nabbed accused would be searched in the further investigation.