Officers of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have busted an inter-state drug smuggling racket and arrested three people from Lokmanya Tilak Terninus (LTT) in the case. The trio — Aftab Ali Hishamoddin Shaikh, Sabir Ali Azhar Sayyed and Shamim Bano Quereshi — were allegedly carrying 6.6kg of Kashmiri hashish (charas) worth more than ₹2 crore.
NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede has said that the high-quality hashish was smuggled to Mumbai from Kashmir. The accused, who are Kurla (East) residents, have allegedly been getting drugs from Kashmir to the city to sell it to other peddlers in Mumbai, said NCB.
“They gang travels with children and inducts women to avoid raising any suspicion,” said an officer.
The agency had received specific inputs about the accused and was keeping an eye on their activities from a long time, said officers.
The trio have been arrested under the relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
NCB claims that it has carried out two major operations in a week to hit the supply chain.