Nagpur city police arrested drug peddlers from two places overnight on Monday and seized MD powder worth three and a half lakhs from them.
The anti-narcotics team of the crime branch and the social security department team carried out both these operations. These operations were carried out in Nandanvan and Beltarodi police station limits.
On Monday night, when the anti-narcotics team of the Crime Branch was on patrol, it was reported through the news that a person on a motorcycle would bring MD powder near the municipal school in Juna Bagadganj under Nandanvan police station limits. Police laid a trap and arrested Piyush Sanjay Borkar (19). Total 21.11 grams of MD powder was found with him. The price of this powder is 2.11 lakhs. Mobile and motorcycle along with MD were seized from him. His accomplice Rakesh Giri absconded from the spot.
The second operation took place in Beltarodi police station limits. a young man on a motorcycle was standing with MD powder in the lane between Madhusudan Sweets and Lapino’s Pizza shops. The police went there and detained two youths. Nikhil Jagdish Goenka (33) and Sheikh Shahid Sheikh Anwar (33) were searched and 13.80 grams of MD powder worth Rs 1.38 lakh was found in their possession. A mobile phone and a bike were seized from him. His accomplice Pankaj Prabhakar Parishtane is absconded.