Mumbai: ANC arrests Nepalese national with charas worth ₹2.80 crore

Anti-narcotics cell (ANC) of the Mumbai crime branch on Monday arrested a 23-year-old Nepali national, a part of a big drug cartel and allegedly seized charas worth ₹2

Anti-narcotics cell (ANC) of the Mumbai crime branch on Monday arrested a 23-year-old Nepali national, a part of a big drug cartel and allegedly seized charas worth ₹2.80 crore from him at Borivli area.

Mumbai: ANC arrests Nepalese national with charas worth ₹2.80 crore

After a preliminary investigation, the ANC officer learnt that the accused, Prabej Mahamjan Ansari, had come to Mumbai two to three times earlier and had delivered charas to drug suppliers in Mumbai and other parts of the country.

Deputy commissioner of police Datta Nalawade (ANC) said, “We have identified the drug supplier in Mumbai whom Ansari was supposed to deliver charas and our police team are searching him and will nab him soon”.

Ansari is a native of Bara district in Nepal and is a part of a big drug cartel in Nepal and was given the task to deliver drugs in India. He crossed the border around a week ago and came to East Champran district in Bihar. He then boarded the bus for Jaipur in Rajasthan and after reaching there, he boarded another bus for Surat in Gujarat, added Nalawade.

After reaching Surat Ansari again took a bus for Mumbai and reached the Borivli area on March 8. He was waiting outside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) when officials of the Kandivali ANC unit nabbed him on Monday afternoon.

“We got a tip-off that a member of the Nepalese gang would be coming to the Borivali area to deliver a huge quantity of drugs to a Mumbai based supplier. As per the information we laid a trap and arrested him on Monday around 1pm. While searching his bag we found 14.56 kilograms of charas worth Rs. 2.80 crore from his possession,” added Nalawade.

He was arrested under the charges of the Narcotics Drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) Act. He was produced in the court and remanded in police custody till March 14 and further investigation is going on.