The 55-year-old suspect was held on July 18 after a car was intercepted on a specific tip-off, Thane Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Amarsingh Jadhav said
A case was registered against the accused under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, police said. Representational Pic/File
One person was arrested allegedly with mephedrone worth Rs 1.69 crore near Mumbra bypass in Thane district of Maharashtra, a police official said on Monday, reported the PTI.
Mohanlal Gunshji Joshi alias Sharma (55) was held on July 18 after a car was intercepted on a specific tip-off, Thane Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Amarsingh Jadhav said, according to the PTI.
"The operation was carried out by Crime Branch Phase I personnel. Sharma is a resident of Palghar district. We seized mephedrone worth Rs 1.69 crore. A case was registered at Mumbra police station under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Further probe into the peddling racket is underway," Jadhav said, the news agency reported on Monday.
Three held with drugs of more than Rs 22 lakh in Thane
Meanwhile, in an another incident, police arrested three persons after seizing drugs valued at more than Rs 22 lakh following two raids in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Monday, reported news agency PTI.
Acting on a tip-off, the police raided a room near the Valdhuni river under Khadakpada police station area in Kalyan on July 17 and seized 1.12 kilograms of ganja (cannabis) valued at Rs 25,000, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-III, Kalyan) Atul Zende said in a release, reported PTI.
A man, identified as Ravi Shivaji Gavli (30), resident of Anupam Nagar, who was found in possession of the narcotic substance, was immediately taken into custody, the official said, reported PTI.
On July 18, the police carried out another raid at a location behind the APMC Market Road in Kalyan, where two individuals were allegedly attempting to sell banned narcotic substances.
"During the raid, our team seized 110 grams of MD (mephedrone), a synthetic drug, from the possession of the accused. The market value of the seized drug is estimated at Rs 22 lakh," Zende said, reported PTI.
The police arrested the two accused, identified as Mohammad Kaif Mansur Shaikh (24), resident of Kalyan, and Fardin Asif Sheikh (24), from Kongaon in Bhiwandi, the official said, reported PTI.
The Khadakpada and Bazarpeth police have registered FIRs against the accused under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said.
"We are now conducting further investigations to trace the supply chain - from where the drugs were procured and to whom they were being sold," the official said.
(with PTI inputs)
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