Anti-Terrorism Cell seizes 610 grams of narcotic worth Rs 30.5 lakh from drug traffickers

The Pune Anti-Terrorism Cell (PATC) has seized 610 grams of cocaine worth Rs 30.5 lakh from a 22-year-old software professional and a owner of Gujarat-based BPO company. The youths were arrested yesterday from the area near Racecourse. The police said it should be biggest seizures of cocaine recently.u00a0u00a0


Big haul: Police escort the two men arrested on charges of possessing
cocaine yesterday. Pic/Janhavi

The suspects have been identified as Murtaza Kasam Ved (22), a resident of Chaugale Mala in Wanawadi and Tarang Patel (24) from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The two have been charged under sections of Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and a case has been registered at the Wanawadi police station.