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Mumbai Crime: Two auto drivers peddle drugs in Oshiwara, held

Updated on: 07 March,2020 12:45 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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A police officer said that they had received a tip-off about an auto-rickshaw driver who was delivering drugs.

Mumbai Crime: Two auto drivers peddle drugs in Oshiwara, held

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Two auto-rickshaw drivers were arrested by the Oshiwara police for delivering cocaine in the suburbs of Bandra, Khar, Juhu, Santacruz, DN Nagar, Versova, Oshiwara, Amboli, said a report in Hindustan Times.


According to the police, the accused 47-year-old Girdhari Mandal and Sanjay Mandal are residents of Kalina in Santacruz. A police officer said that they had received a tip-off about an auto-rickshaw driver who was delivering drugs.


The police laid a trap at around 1:30 am in the night and nabbed Girdhari from petrol pump near Lokhandwala Complex. The police seized 30 grams of cocaine worth Rs 2.4 lakh. Another officer said, "We arrested Sanjay from Jogeshwari. A Nigerian national Toni alias Chas is involved in supplying the drugs to him."


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