Crime Branch has nabbed two drug peddlers near Kasturba hospital and recovered 21 kg of cannabis and seized a scooter used to carry the drugs which is brought from Odisha.
Police said that acting on a tip-off, men carrying drugs at weekly market Govindpura near Kasturba hospital were nabbed.
The nabbed accused were identified as Deepak Mandal (19) and Asim Basu alias Ravi (28).
Initially, when the scooter was stopped, it was found that miscreants were carrying drugs in two plastic bags in scooter.
Police said that the details of procurement and delivery of the drugs would be searched in the further investigation. After the initial investigation police have registered a case under sections 8 and 20 of the NDPS Act.
During the investigation, police have found that scooter bearing registration number MP04SK6224 was carrying drugs and was tracked near Kasturba hospital, accused provided modus operandi that drugs are brought from Odisha to Sarni railway station and later it is disposed in small quantities to different customers.