25 October,2026 05:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
A police team detained the accused and recovered 75 bottles of Codeine Cough Syrup from him. PIC/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The Mumbai Crime Branch's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has seized 75 bottles of codeine cough syrup worth Rs 75,000 and arrested a man in Chembur.
The seizure was made by the ANC's Worli unit after its team spotted a man behaving suspiciously beneath the Monorail station near the VNP and RC Marg junction in Chembur in the early hours of Sunday.
According to the police, the team detained the man and searched him, recovering 75 bottles of Codeine Cough Syrup, each containing 100 ml. The accused's identity has not been disclosed.
The incident took place between 2.20 am and 4.30 am on Sunday. A case has been registered at Chembur Police Station under relevant Sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
The case is registered as ANC C.R. No. 98/2026 and Chembur Police Station C.R. No. 1293/2026.
The operation was carried out under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police Paurnima Chaugule-Shringi and Assistant Commissioner of Police Sudhir Hirdekar. Police Inspector Santosh Salunkhe, who heads the ANC's Worli unit, led the operation, with Assistant Police Inspector Kiran Wagh and his team carrying out the action.
The seizure forms part of the ANC's efforts to identify and act against people involved in the purchase, sale, supply and storage of narcotic substances in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, the Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar Crime Branch has dismantled an illegal chemical manufacturing unit in Telangana that was allegedly producing a precursor used in the manufacture of mephedrone (MD), extending its crackdown on an interstate narcotics network beyond Maharashtra.
The Crime Branch's Unit 4 raided the factory in the Pashamylaram Industrial Development Area (IDA), Patancheru, in Sangareddy district on October 21 and arrested an accused identified as Ramesh Babu Sake.
Police seized 44.699 kg of 2-Bromo-4-Methylpropiophenone, valued at Rs 27.06 lakh, along with other chemicals and laboratory equipment allegedly used to manufacture the substance.
According to the police, the investigation originated from a case registered at Tulinj Police Station after two men were allegedly found in possession of 112 grams of MD, worth Rs 3.36 lakh, in Nalasopara East on June 24, 2026.
The accused, Avinash alias Sonu Loknath Iyer, 22, and Ravikant Omprakash Ram, 23, both residents of Pragati Nagar, were allegedly carrying the drug for sale.
Following the registration of the case, the investigation was transferred to Crime Branch Unit 4. During the probe, investigators allegedly uncovered a wider network involved in MD manufacturing, the procurement of precursor chemicals and laboratory equipment, drug transportation and peddling, as well as financial transactions.
