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Drug mafia wants 'Pink', 'Sairat' to get Mumbai high this New Year's Eve

<p>Attempting to evade cops, drug peddlers in Mumbai are using names of Bollywood films as red herring; name popular drugs after blockbuster films like 'Bajirao Mastani' and wives of superstars</p>

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Drug mafia wants 'Pink', 'Sairat' to get Mumbai high this New Year's Eve

Drug mafia wants 'Pink', 'Sairat' to get Mumbai high this New Year's Eve

Illustration/ Ravi Jadhav

Undeterred by the massive crackdown on the narcotics industry, peddlers eyeing huge profits on New Year’s Eve have come up with innovative, filmi code names for drugs, to throw cops off the scent. While the names of recent blockbusters Sairat, Mastani and Pink are trending, two high-end varieties of cocaine have also been named after wives of superstars.

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