Two men posing as civic employees
were arrested for allegedly peddling drugs in Maharashtra's Pune district, police said on Monday.
In a bid to give police the slip, one of the accused wore a khaki uniform having the logo of Pune Municipal Corporation, while the other wore an apron generally used by conservancy staff of the civic body.
"A police personnel posted at the check post near Khadakwasla dam found these two men carrying a plastic bag on Sunday evening. When the bag was checked, the police found marijuana (ganja) inside it," an official from Haveli police station said.
During inquiry, it came to light that one of the accused somehow procured uniform of a civic employee who recently died, and made alterations to fit himself in it.
The other accused managed to get an apron generally worn by the civic conservancy staff.
The official said during questioning, the accused told the police that they came to Khadkwasla to buy the contraband.
But, when they were taken to the place where they claimed to have purchased the drug, nobody was found there.
"It seems the duo might have come to sell the contraband or pick up the stuff from someone in the area," the official said.
The two accused were booked under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, he added.
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