The Gurugram police has arrested two drug peddlers and seized 20.300 kilograms of cannabis valued at Rs 1.32 lakh in the market from them, the police said on Sunday.
The police have also seized a Brezza car which the accused used for transportation of the contraband from Delhi.
The arrested culprits were booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and was sent to judicial custody by the court on Sunday, the police said.
The culprits were arrested by a crime unit Sector-10 from Panchgaon Chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway after they received a tip-off Saturday. The police said the suspect - Satish of Rohtak and Amit of Sonipat were heading towards Rajasthan to sell narcotics but were nabbed by the crime branch team of the Gurugram police. During questioning the culprit disclosed that they had sourced the narcotics from Delhi for Rs 6,500 per kg and sell it to Rs 10,000 to potential customers in Rajasthan.
"We are checking their criminal records and whether they have been arrested earlier. A case under relevant sections of the NDPS Act was registered against the accused at Manesar police station,” said Sub-inspector Dalpal Singh, In-charge Sector-10 crime branch.
In January 2021 the crime branch unit had nabbed two drug peddlers and recovered over 2,223 kilograms of marijuana along with a truck from their possession.
Apart from this, In September 2020 the Gurugram police had nabbed 3 drug peddlers and seized 59 kilograms of cannabis valued at Rs 8 lakh.