Police have arrested three persons after seizing mephedrone (MD) drug valued at Rs 5.82 lakh from their possession in Malegaon town of Maharashtra`s Nashik district, officials said, reported news agency PTI.
Acting on a tip-off about drug peddling, a special squad of the police conducted a raid in Malegaon`s Hirapur Maidan area on Tuesday and found three persons possessing 194 gm of the contraband with the motive to sell it, an official said, reported PTI.
They had obtained the drug from a man who is at large, the official said.
The police arrested the three accused, identified as Ansari Istiaq Mukhtar Ahmed (25), Jalal Ahmed Mohammed Haneef Shiekh (32) and Mosin Khan Jainulabdin Pathan (37), and booked them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official said, reported PTI.
Search was on for the fourth accused, the police added.
Two held with Rs 83 lakh hybrid ganja in Thane
In another case, the police have arrested two men after seizing high-grade hybrid ganja valued at Rs 83 lakh from their possession in Maharashtra`s Thane district, officials said on Thursday, reported PTI.
A police team noticed them moving suspiciously on a scooter near the Mankoli flyover in the Bhiwandi area late Tuesday night.
“When our team stopped them and conducted a search, we found packets of hybrid ganja, weighing 833 gm, concealed inside the scooter,” an official from Narpoli police station said, reported PTI.
“The duo had brought the contraband for sale in the local market. The total value of the seized material is estimated at Rs 83.3 lakh,” he said, reported PTI.
The police immediately took the two men, identified as Akash Gupta (24) and Harsh Bramhane (26), both residents of Ulhasnagar, into custody and seized the narcotics and the scooter, the official said, reported PTI.
A preliminary investigation suggested the two men were part of a small-scale distribution network operating between Ulhasnagar and Bhiwandi in the district, the police said, reported PTI.
“We are now tracing the source of the contraband and identifying the intended buyers,” the official said.
The accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)