Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Heroin worth over Rs 13 crore seized; man with underworld links among 3 held

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Autorickshaw driver held in Thane with heroin 

In another haul, a crime branch team intercepted a 50-year-old autorickshaw driver, identified as Fardin Gulzar Mulla, in the Ghodbunder area on February 1 and seized heroin valued at more than Rs 6.68 crore. More than 4 kg of heroin, worth over Rs 13 crore, has been collectively seized in both cases, police said.
A probe is underway to ascertain the source of the drug and the intended customers, as well as to identify other members of the drug supply network, said DCP Jadhav.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Accused had connections with D-gang relations with all the gangs then, including Dawood Ibrahim and others

He was a well-connected figure in the 1990s underworld, police said. "Mahadik has a long criminal history... and he had good relations with all the gangs then, including Dawood Ibrahim and others," an official said. His prior criminal record includes murder, kidnapping, extortion, and a previous arrest for using a fraudulent passport.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: One of the accused had fled India after 1993 blasts

Police said Mahadik was an accused who fled India shortly after the 1993 blasts. After absconding for nearly 22 years, during which he worked in Muscat and Oman under a fake identity, he slipped back into the country, DCP Jadhav said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Crime branch seizes Rs 6.9-crore heroin in early-morning raid; two arrested in Diva

In a crackdown in the early hours of February 3, a crime branch team seized heroin, a highly addictive drug, valued at Rs 6.9 crore, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Amarsingh Jadhav on Friday evening. Police nabbed 47-year-old Wajahat Sayeed near a school in the Diva area with the contraband. His interrogation led to the arrest of his associate, Mohammad Mahadik (67), identified by investigators as the primary supplier.