<p>Two people, including a 70-year-old man, have been arrested in separate cases of drug peddling in central Delhi, police said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Cops have also seized over 1.8 kilograms of ganja and smack worth Rs 54,000 in total from the possession of Lal Mohammad and Shekhar, 35.<br /><br />Lal was held on Saturday by a police team on patrolling duty near Maharaja Ranjit Singh Marg.<br /><br />Tip-off<br /><br />“We had received a tip-off that a person coming from Gandhi Market side and going towards LNJP Colony might be in possession of ganja,” said Devesh Chandra Srivastva, additional commissioner of police (central).<br /><br />A trap was laid and at about 5.10 pm, Lal was apprehended. “He was carrying a polythene bag in which 1.8 kilograms of ganja worth Rs 18,000 was recovered,” Srivastva added.<br /><br />On sustained interrogation, Lal disclosed that he was a active drug peddler for the past four years. He procured ganja from a man named Chander from near New Delhi Railway Station.<br /><br />In the second incident, Shekhar, a vagabond, was apprehended with 36 grams of smack worth Rs 36,000 from near New Delhi Railway Station.<br /><br />Revelation<br /><br />“Shekhar disclosed that he used to sell smack in small quantities to drug addicts in and around Hanuman Mandir at Connaught Place,” Srivastva said.<br /><br />He said he used children to supply drugs to different places to avoid being caught by police.<br /><br />Separate cases have been lodged against Lal and Shekhar under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at IP Estate and Paharganj police stations.<br /></p>
<p>Two people, including a 70-year-old man, have been arrested in separate cases of drug peddling in central Delhi, police said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Cops have also seized over 1.8 kilograms of ganja and smack worth Rs 54,000 in total from the possession of Lal Mohammad and Shekhar, 35.<br /><br />Lal was held on Saturday by a police team on patrolling duty near Maharaja Ranjit Singh Marg.<br /><br />Tip-off<br /><br />“We had received a tip-off that a person coming from Gandhi Market side and going towards LNJP Colony might be in possession of ganja,” said Devesh Chandra Srivastva, additional commissioner of police (central).<br /><br />A trap was laid and at about 5.10 pm, Lal was apprehended. “He was carrying a polythene bag in which 1.8 kilograms of ganja worth Rs 18,000 was recovered,” Srivastva added.<br /><br />On sustained interrogation, Lal disclosed that he was a active drug peddler for the past four years. He procured ganja from a man named Chander from near New Delhi Railway Station.<br /><br />In the second incident, Shekhar, a vagabond, was apprehended with 36 grams of smack worth Rs 36,000 from near New Delhi Railway Station.<br /><br />Revelation<br /><br />“Shekhar disclosed that he used to sell smack in small quantities to drug addicts in and around Hanuman Mandir at Connaught Place,” Srivastva said.<br /><br />He said he used children to supply drugs to different places to avoid being caught by police.<br /><br />Separate cases have been lodged against Lal and Shekhar under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at IP Estate and Paharganj police stations.<br /></p>
