Mumbai Crime: 2 held with drugs worth Rs. 3.8 lakhs in Kamathipura

Mumbai Crime Branchs Anti Narcotics Cell arrested two youth with Rs 38 lakhs worthMephedrone MD drugs Policeon Sunday said that the two youths are history sheeters who have several cases of drugs smugglingAccording to the police the youth identified asSaqlain Qureshi 20 andMohammad Naim Chaudhary 45 was arrestedin south Mumbais Kamathipura area on Friday evening after a team headed byinspector Ninad Sawant conducted a raid where they found a duo with 95 grams of drugsDuring the raid police found 55 grams of MD worth Rs 220 lakh fromSaqlain Qureshi alias Boss a resident of Agripada and40 grams of drugs worth Rs 160 lakh fromMohammad Naim ChaudharyDCP ANC Shivdeep Lande said thatChaudhary was arrested by Narcotics Control Bureau NCB in the year 2016 whileBoss was nabbed in the year 2017 Both were arrested underNDPS actAn officer who is aware of the case said Both accused are unemployed and running their bread and butter whatever they earn out of drugs selling He also revealed that Boss father was also a notorious drug peddler who was arrested by Gujrat NCB with drugs in 2017Reportedly the accused drug peddlers have been supplying drugs throughout the city without getting in cops radar Police are now investigating the person behind supplying drugs these accused drug peddlersIn another similar case the Bhayandar police recently managed to nab 4 individuals who were involved in allegedly running an illegal drug racket The police arrested four people with 72 kilograms of doda morphine worth Rs 289 crore As per the police investigation the drugs were illegally cultivated in RajasthanThe Bhayandar police have informed their Rajasthan counterparts and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI officials about theillegal cultivation of morphine drugs so that they can be stopped The four arrested accused have been identified as Ishwar Umrao Singh 27 Rahul Gokul Singh Meena 21 Shambhu Roadulal Solanki 21 and Mukesh Kumar Kanhaiyya Lal Dholi 30 all natives of Madhya Pradesh and RajasthanActing on a tipoff the Bhayandar police laid a trap a few days ago and apprehended Ishwar Singh and seized two kilograms of drugs from him During the police interrogation Singh revealed the names of the other three associates who were involved in the drug racket The police then apprehended the trio and seized 70 kg of drugs from their possessionAs per Mumbai Mirror besides drugs worth Rs 289 crore the Bhayandar police also managed to seize a Bolero jeep registered in Rajasthan which was allegedly used for transportation of narcotics s per the police investigation the accused used to source drugs from Rajasthan and would sell it to small suppliers on the highways in and around MumbaiAccording to the police sources doda is produced by grinding up dried poppy pods and then using the powder either to make a tea or simply stirring it into a glass of cold water It is a morphine derivative and can be highly addictiveCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updates