Three held with 75 kg charas

The Anti-Narcotics Cell arrested three people from Sion, including a man from Srinagar who came to the city for supplying drugs, and seized 75 kg of charas from them. The contraband is valued at Rs 60 lakh in India.

The Anti-Narcotics Cell arrested three people from Sion, including a man from Srinagar who came to the city for supplying drugs, and seized 75 kg of charas from them. The contraband is valued at Rs 60 lakh in India.

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The trio has been identified as Rafiq Mohammed Makhbool Khan (30), is a resident of Magaramal Buag in Srinagar while another arrested Aarif Ibrahim Sayyed,(38) is a resident of Tagore Nagar in Vikhroli, and Guljar Ahemed Makhbool Khan (29), lives in Mumbra.

Bhanudas Jadhav from ANC Worli unit said: “Rafiq used Aarif as a driver and brought charas from Kashmir and kept it in Mumbra from where his brother distributed it to small drug peddlers.” The trio said they were involved in the peddling business for six to eight months.