Eight convicted under NDPS

January 1: Eight drug traffickers including four Tanzanian nationals were recently convicted in two different cases by the NDPS court of sessions for ten years each and a fine of Rs one lakh each. In the first case, Mwinyi Khamis Suleiman 29, Ali Mohammed Juma 26, Mohammed Salim Awadh 29, Annastacio Benjamin Masanja 38 and three Indians Amar Jawaharmal Makhija 60, Mohammed Rafique Abdul Hanif Shaikh 31 and Sardar Mohammed Shaikh alias Batli 40 were arrested by the Narcotics Cell near Richardson and Crudas Limited at JJ for possessing 160 grams heroin worth Rs 32,000 on May 13, 1996.

In the second case one, Ramesh alias Badu Dagdu Medge 27 was caught with 45 grams heroin near Halao pool, Kurla West on March 7, 1997.