Misrod cops arrest two drug peddlers, seize 10kg cannabis

Bhopal: Misrod police on Thursday evening arrested two bike-borne Hoshangabad based drug peddlers and seized 10 kg ganja (cannabis) from their possession. The accused were coming to Bhopal to deliver the cannabis consignment to their clients. Police booked the accused under NDPS Act and arrested them. The value of ganja and bike seized from the accused was around Rs 3.5 lakh, said police.
SHO Misrod RB Sharma said that on Thursday evening a team of Misrod police were conducting checking near Gyarah Meel police outpost and counselling people to follow Covid-19 protocols when around 7pm, police spotted two youths coming from Hoshangabad side riding on a bike having no registration number.When police signalled them to stop, they tried to run away. Police team chased them on suspicion and rounded them up.
Sharma said that the accused identified themselves as Sanjeev Soudagar and Ajay Kewat, both residents of Bangali Colony in Hoshangabad. When police checked the bag which they were carrying they revealed that it was ganja which they were going to deliver. Police seized the ganja and their bike and registered a case against the accused under NDPS Act.
During initial investigations the accused revealed that they were peddling drugs through various means of transport including buses, trains and other vehicles. tnn