The Mangalwara police have nabbed two drug peddlers near Azad market and recovered drugs worth Rs 25,000 from their possession on Thursday.
According to the police, acting on a tip off two youths were detained in the night on Thursday. On the receipt of the information a team was dispatched to the spot and after searching the two were spotted by the team with a motorbike.
The two were nabbed with a motorbike bearing registration number MP04-MH-0207. The details of the motorbike would be searched in the investigation.
Police said that when the motorbike was searched around 250 gm of Cannabis was recovered below the seat of the motorbike. The miscreants were not able to provide the details of the recovered drugs and were detained.
The nabbed miscreants were identified as Mohammad Abid of Imami gate and Kasim Farooqui of GPO area of Old city.
The two were nabbed while they were trying to sell the drugs and before they could sell the drugs they were nabbed by Mangalwara police.
In the initial investigation police found that the two were involved in the selling of drugs to make fast money and their involvement in other crimes would be searched in the further investigation, said police.
The arrest of the two drug peddlers would help in revealing the customers and source of the drugs circulation in the city and nearby areas. After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under NDPS Act and have started further investigation.