Prayagraj: Six drug peddlers who were on the way to dispatch a 690kg ganja consignment worth Rs 1 crore from Visakhapatnam to Fatanpur in Pratapgarh were arrested near BM Inter College Road by a joint team of crime branch and Kohdaur police on Thursday.
The accused were identified as Mukesh Kumar of Rajasthan, Sushil Yadav, Shailesh Yadav and Rakesh Yadav of Jaunpur, Sandeep Kumar of Rajasthan and Bhajan Das of Mathura. A truck container and an SUV were also seized from their possession.
Police said, Bhajan Das worked as drug agent and used to purchase ganja worth Rs 4000-5000 per day and later resale it Rs 14,000 to Rs 15,000 per kg in different parts of the country.