Drugs seized,2 held

The duo had apparently been contacted by traffickers in their hometown and promised a payment on successfully delivering the drugs to the contact. They had taken a mail train from Jalgaon for Nasik and then boarded a bus. They have been booked under the relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. “We are conducting further enquiries to find whom the deliveries were meant for and whether any other people were involved in the gang.”

Officers from the Worli anti-narcotics cell had,a few days ago,seized two vehicles and arrested a driver on charges of smuggling narcotics in the city. They had recovered 6.5 kg charas worth Rs 5.2 lakh in the domestic market from the vehicles. Interestingly,the smugglers had concealed the contraband in hollowed-out CNG cylinders in order to escape detection.