Hyderabad: Four drug peddlers were today
arrested and 2 kg of charas were seized from them, police
said.
Acting on a tip-off, the task force personnel nabbed
Mohammad Taj, prime accused in the case and his friend
Mohammad Farhan, from Langer Houz locality, when they were
trying to sell the contraband to customers, they said.
Two other accused - Mohammad Anwar and Mohammad Ashwaq -
were taken into custody from different places in the city.
According to police, Saleem Bhai, a resident of Kanpur
in Uttar Pradesh, used to supply charas to the prime accused
Mohammad Taj who would sell it with the help of his three
accomplices.
Police said, a police team would be sent to Kanpur to nab
Saleem.
The gang used to procure one kg of charas at the rate
of Rs 15,000 from Saleem and sell it at Rs 50,000 per kg to
customers in the city, they added.
PTI
First Published: Friday, December 02, 2011, 10:46