2 auto drivers held for drug peddling in Oshiwara

The Oshiwara police on Wednesday arrested two auto-rickshaw drivers for delivering cocaine in the western suburb of Bandra, Khar, Juhu, Santa Cruz, DN Nagar, Versova,

The Oshiwara police on Wednesday arrested two auto-rickshaw drivers for delivering cocaine in the western suburb of Bandra, Khar, Juhu, Santa Cruz, DN Nagar, Versova, Oshiwara, Amboli.

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According to the police, the arrested accused Girdhari Mandal, 47, and Sanjay Mandal both are residents of Kalina area in Santacruz. A police officer said that they had received a tip-off about an autorickshaw driver delivering drugs in suburbs, said a police officer.

Police laid a trap and at around 1.30am in the night nabbed Girdhari from a petrol pump near Lokhandwala Complex. Police seized 30 grams of cocaine worth ₹2.4 lakh. Girdhari confessed to delivering drugs after getting orders from Sanjay. “We arrested Sanjay from Jogeshwari. A Nigerian national Toni alias Chas is involved in supplying the drugs to him,” another officer said.