Parmesh S Jain
The DJ Halli police on Tuesday busted an inter state drug racket,arrested a 31-year-old peddler and seized 9.4 kgs of marijuana worth Rs.5.5 lakh which the accused had concealed in boxes which looked like online delivery packages .
The accused Asif, from Kozhikode was arrested while he was posing as delivery executive waiting to deliver the drugs to his contacts .
Probe revealed that the accused had sourced the drugs from his contact in Vizag and brought to city after neatly packed them as delivery packages to avoid undue attention.
The accused used to get the money paid online in advance to give the place and time of delivery to his clients,the Senior officer said .
The police are now on the lookout of Asif’s local contact Ajaz Pasha and Mohammed Saleh who are said to be local peddlers .
The police are also probing to track down the source of the drugs in Vizag.
