Mumbai: 9 held for supplying drugs to peddlers; MD, charas among drugs seized

DCP Raj Tilak Roushan said a team led by crime branch (Unit VI) in charge Ravindra Salunkhe received information about a group that was to come to Mulund toll naka to sell narcotics. The police team laid a trap and found two vehicles matching the description of the tip-off they had received.

On checking the two vehicles, the police found narcotics. Following this, eight persons including a woman who was present in one of the two four-wheelers were detained by the police.

An officer said that based on the information given by the accused, the cash obtained by selling narcotics was recovered from their residence in Chembur. Also, another accomplice of the accused, Raees Qureshi, was detained from his residence in Kurla along with narcotics and a two-wheeler.

The crime branch said that in the operation, Mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 70 lakh and 45 grams of Charas worth Rs 1.35 lakh were seized.

In addition, a total of three cars worth Rs 26.6 lakh, cash of Rs 17.89 lakh and a total of 10 mobile phones worth approximately Rs 3.4 lakhs were seized from the accused. An officer said that prima facie it appears that the accused procured the narcotics from outside the state.