Two drug peddlers were nabbed with 41 kg of cannabis worth Rs12 lakh in the international market at the railway station on Thursday, said Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Shailendra Chouhan.Chouhan said that the two were nabbed from platform 6 with drugs in their possession.
The accused were identified as Raju Suryavanshi (38) and Tinku Sharma alias Bikku (27). Raju has been booked for murder and drug peddling. He owns a chicken selling shop in Anand Nagar.
They used to travel in superfast trains having minimum number of halts till the city and would travel in general category. In the investigation they told that they used to hide the drugs in the bathroom in the empty space over bathroom ceiling. The use to keep sweets made of gram flour which had two benefits one was the smell of the Cannabis would not spread and the other was the safety from rodents as they would eat sweets and leave Cannabis.
Raju was booked earlier for drug peddling in the year 2013. He has served jail till the year 2007 for killing a shop owner in Chola Mandir and later he started a chicken shop during which a drug addict told him that the he could make big money in drug peddling. He also provided him the information of areas in Odhisha and Vishakapatanam where he could drug at low rates and could sell in the city at high rates. He started drug peddling and was nabbed in the year 2013 with four kilogram of Cannabis and was released on bail and again started drug peddling with Aligarh resident Pintu Sharma.
Acting on a tip on Wednesday the two were nabbed along with Cannabis near Bhopal railway station.
The accused used to buy Cannabis at Rs600 to Rs800 from Odisha and would sell the same in the city at Rs6000 to Rs8000.