<p>Police seized 286.68 kg ganja valued at Rs 71.68 lakh after raiding a tenement in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-fake-drug-case-this-is-not-the-first-time-23384937" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bandra area</a> of Mumbai and arrested a 36-year-old man, an official said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The accused, identified as Imran Kamaluddin Ansari, had allegedly brought the cannabis for selling it to customers, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The seizure was made from a chawl (tenement) situated on K C Road in Bandra (west), reported PTI.</p>
<p>A case was registered at <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-two-nigerians-among-4-held-in-thane-and-palghar-for-drug-possession-cocaine-md-seized-23464740" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bandra police station</a>. The crime branch is investigating the case, the official said.</p>
<h2>Rs 6.5 lakh ganja seized from tempo in Thane</h2>
<p>Police have seized ganja valued at Rs 6.52 lakh from a tempo lying abandoned in Thane city of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/navi-mumbai-police-launches-crackdown-on-illegal-immigrants-involved-in-narcotics-trade-23456365" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a>, officials said on Tuesday, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Some police personnel spotted the unattended vehicle on Retibunder-Shilphata Road here on March 15.</p>
<p>During inspection, they found a large quantity of ganja, valued at Rs 6.52 lakh, inside the tempo. The contraband was being illegally transported, an official from Mumbra police station said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The vehicle was also seized.</p>
<p>Authorities have intensified efforts to trace the tempo's owner and driver and crack down on the drug network operating in the region, the police said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, they added.</p>
<h2>Navi Mumbai Police destroys seized drugs worth around Rs 10 crore</h2>
<p>In February, the Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra said that it destroyed seized drugs worth around Rs 10 crore.</p>
<p>The destruction of drugs took place at Waste Management Ltd in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/drugs-worth-over-rs-1-crore-seized-in-navi-mumbai-3-foreign-nationals-arrested-23483098" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Taloja MIDC</a>, with senior officials present to oversee the process, an official said.</p>
<p>The action followed the police's efforts over the past year. In 2023-2024, the Navi Mumbai police registered 1,143 narcotics-related cases and arrested 1,743 people involved in drug-related activities.</p>
<p>These arrests resulted in the seizure of drugs worth Rs 56 crore, said an official.</p>
<p>Among those arrested were 111 African nationals and 224 Bangladeshi citizens, with drugs worth Rs 38 crore recovered from them, an official statement said.</p>
<p>The drugs destruction process was attended by prominent leaders including Ganesh Naik, Minister of Forests, Maharashtra; Prashant Thakur, MLA; and Milind Bharambe, Police Commissioner of Navi Mumbai.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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