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2 women among 10 held in Maharashtra police's month-long operation; mephedrone of ₹13.61 cr seized
2 women among 10 held in Maharashtra police's month-long operation; mephedrone of ₹13.61 cr seized
Thane, In a month-long operation, Maharashtra police have arrested 10 drug suppliers and peddlers, most of them from Mumbai, and seized from them mephedrone drugs valued at ₹13.61 crore, officials said on Thursday.
Two of the arrested accused are women, while one male accused is from Rajkot in Gujarat, they said.
The action was carried out by Crime Branch of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police, whose jurisdiction is spread across Thane and Palghar districts.
"The operation began on April 4 when the police, acting on a tip-off, raided a residential premises in the Nayanagar area and seized 1.324 kilograms of mephedrone worth ₹2.66 crore, under the supervision of senior inspector Pramod Badakh," Assistant Commissioner of Police Madan Ballal said.
During the raid, the police arrested Firdos Arbaz Qureshi, a resident of Mira Road . During her interrogation, she told the investigators that the contraband belonged to her husband Arbaz Vakil Qureshi, following which he was also arrested, he said.
A case was registered against the duo under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act at Nayanagar police station.
Senior inspector Badakh said the interrogation of the couple led to the arrest of eight more drug peddlers and seizure of additional quantities of mephedrone.
"A total of 6.773 kilograms of mephedrone, collectively valued at ₹13,61,38,480, was seized during the entire operation," he said.
The other accused arrested in the case were identified as Moij Javed Khan, Akash Yadav , Arman Ali Kalam Ali Rain, Sunil Yadav , Mohammed Arafat Shamshuddin Ansari, Khalda Arafat Ansari , Mohammad Vasim Yusuf Sheikh and Irfan Anwar Kudia .
Further investigation into the drug trafficking network was underway, police said.
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