The Khar police on Thursday arrested two drug peddlers and recovered drugs worth Rs 15.6 lakhs following a tip-off. The culprits, identified as Dilawar Shaukat Momin, 40, who claimed to be a police informer and Mohd Mustafa Sadikali Shaikh, 48, were found carrying drugs in the former’s Mahindra XUV car at Carter Road.

According to the police, on the basis of a tip, a trap was laid with help of Detection officer API Lonkar, ATC officers PSI Godase and PSI Pawar opposite the Dog Park, Carter Road, Khar, where the peddlers were supposed to deliver the seized drugs.