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Police mounted surveillance near Pathardi, Ahmednagar and 4 drug traffickers were nabbed in two vehicles. (File photo)
Mumbai’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) busted an inter-state drug syndicate and seized 111 kg ganja from two vehicles, and arrested four people in Ahmednagar on Sunday.
Working on credible tips, NCB officials gathered intelligence about the syndicate that was involved in illicit trafficking of drugs from Odisha to Mumbai and Pune for further distribution.
Using surveillance and other methods, NCB tried to identify the network and soon narrowed down on a Pune-based network, which was reported to have received a consignment of Ganja scheduling for distribution.
The suspects involved in the interstate drug trafficking frequently changed their hideouts, routes and phone numbers in order to elude the clutches of the law enforcement agency.
Police mounted surveillance near Pathardi, Ahmednagar and 4 drug traffickers were nabbed in two vehicles, wherein 111 kg of Ganja was recovered from them, the NCB stated.
The arrested accused, SM More, L Shaikh, R Mohite, and S Shekh all hail from Pune. The probe revealed that these Pune based traffickers procured drugs from Odisha to distribute them in Mumbai and Pune, a NCB official said.
Two vehicles seized from the accused persons were utilized for transportation of Ganja, the officer added. The accused have been arrested under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act for smuggling commercial quantities of drugs.
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