Continuing its drive against drugs in Chhattisgarh, police arrested two drug peddlers and seized 53 grams of charas valued at Rs 5.50 lakhs and 4 grams of heroin valued at Rs 40,000 at two places in Raipur.
In the first case, Ranjeet Singh Cheema, a resident of Dhamtari district, was held for peddling charas, Azad Chowk City Superintendent of Police Ankita Sharma on Thursday told The Pioneer.
Acting on a tip, the police nabbed him from Yaduvanshi Chowk on Wednesday night.
The accused, who reached Raipur from Dhamtari in a car (CG-04, MT-4788) when he was intercepted, had 53 grams of charas, Sharma added. The police seized the car and a mobile phone from him.
In another case, police nabbed Balwinder Singh Pannu alias Binda of Raipur, who was looking for customers to sell heroin, from Tatibandh area in the Kabir Nagar police station limits on Wednesday night, she said.
Binda told the police that he is a transporter and brings drugs from other states. He supplies it in the city and nearby areas, Sharma added.