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Navi Mumbai: 6 held with mephedrone worth ₹6 cr
Navi Mumbai: 6 held with mephedrone worth ₹6 cr
Acting on a tip off, the Anti Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai police apprehended one person on December 3 from Shirdon village along the Mumbai-Goa highway, Senior Inspector Neeraj Chowdhari told PTI.
"We seized 61.09 grams of drugs worth ₹6.10 lakh. Based on his interrogation, we arrested three persons from Badlapur and Khalapur. We also searched a factory and a farm house in Dekhu and Umbare in Khalapur," he said.
"Mephedrone was being manufactured at the two places. We seized 5.3 kg mephedrone worth ₹5.39 crore and 330 litres of chemicals worth ₹45 lakh," he said, adding two more persons were held in the case.
The official identified the six as Sadab Sayeed Sayyed, Sohel Munnawar Ali Lambe, Vazhul Vafa Chowdhari, Saifulla Shaikh, Mohsin Ansari and Siddha Pal.
"They were manufacturing drugs for new year parties. Vazhul has spent 16 years in jail in an earlier DRI case. Saifulla Shaikh is also a history sheeter," the official said.
A case under NDPS Act has been registered at Panvel Town police station, he added.
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