11 May,2026 08:25 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Anti Narcotics Cell crack heroin racket in Andheri West raid. (Pic/Special arrangement)
The Kandivali unit of Mumbai Police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) seized large quantity of heroin during a raid at Yari Road in Versova area of Andheri West and arrested two people in connection with the seizure.
According to the officials, the seized drugs is worth around Rs 4 crore in the international market.
The accused have been identified as Armaan Ayub Malik (32), a resident of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, and Danish Bhura Ali (23), a resident of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, police sources said.
According to police officials, the accused were arrested during the early hours of Sunday, May 10, at around 3 am, following a targeted operation based on specific intelligence inputs and recovered 765 grams of heroin.
A case has been registered under Sections 8(c), 21(c), and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
Police said the seizure is part of an ongoing investigation into a larger drug trafficking network, and efforts are underway to trace and identify other individuals linked to the racket.
The operation was conducted by the Kandivali ANC unit under the leadership of Senior Police Inspector Shashikant Jagdale.
The action was carried out under the guidance of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Lakhmi Gautam, Additional Police Commissioner Shailesh Balakawade, DCP Navnath Dhavale and ACP Hirdekar.
Officials, while briefing about the operation, further said that the probe is continuing and further arrests are likely as investigators work to dismantle the wider narcotics supply chain operating in Mumbai and beyond.
In a separate incident, the Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police's Crime Branch have busted a mephedrone (MD) drug manufacturing racket operating across multiple locations in Mumbai and the neighbouring Thane district.
The officials seized narcotic substances, chemicals and laboratory equipment collectively worth over Rs 13.65 crore, he said.
Initially, the case first came to light after police raided a flat in the Nayanagar area of Mira Road East and recovered 1 kg 324 grams of MD drug valued at Rs 2.66 crore from the residence of a woman identified as Firdos Arbaaz Qureshi.
During the probe, officials found that the seized contraband allegedly belonged to her husband, Arbaaz Vakil Qureshi.
