Police Tuesday night arrested two suspected drug peddlers —hailing from Uttar Pradesh — from Dwarka Expressway near Daulatabad crossing. They allegedly used to supply 500 kilograms of different kinds of drugs to Delhi-NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab every month, police said.

According to police, 50 kilogram of cannabis, valued at Rs 50 lakh in the international market, was seized from their possession. A case was registered under NDS Act at Rajendra Park police station, Gurugram, police said.

The suspected drug peddlers were identified as 36-year-old Hari Om and 38-year-old Varun Tyagi. They had been living in a rented room in Ghaziabad for the last three years, police said.

Police said Hari Om was the kingpin of a 13-member gang. “The gang used to sell 500 kilograms of different kinds of drugs every month. The drugs were routed through Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to UP, Delhi, and NCR and supplied,” said Shamsher Singh, assistant commissioner of police (crime).

Om and Tyagi are history sheeters, police said, adding that Om has revealed the name of the other members involved in drug peddling and the areas where they supplied in the last one year. Teams have been formed to conduct raids at suspected locations and to arrest the remaining suspects, police said.

Police said they could not find anything when they checked the vehicle but when they looked into the boot space, they found packets of cannabis placed all over.

The suspects will be taken on police remand after being produced in a city court Wednesday, he said.

First Published: Apr 25, 2019 00:03 IST