Pani Puri vendor held with Rs.8 lakh worth mephedrone in Malwani
Pani Puri vendor held with Rs.8 lakh worth mephedrone in Malwani
In a weird case, the Malwani Police officials booked a pani puri vendor and recovered 101 gm of mephedrone
The accused identified as Takku Khan, 21, a street food vendor, and a resident of Bandra, was apprehended when he came to deliver the contraband in the Malwani area.
Reports reveal that around 101 gm of mephedrone worth
Rs 8 lakhs was recovered from Khan, who sold ‘pani puri’ in the Lal Matti locality of Bandra.
However, official reveal that the accused does not have a criminal background, and it is yet to be ascertained to whom he was delivering the drugs.
In a similar case, the Bandra police arrested one Sonu Nanakchand Hadole, a resident of Nalasopara, with mephedrone worth
Rs 11 lakh.
The accused informed that he had taken 41 gm of mephedrone from his wife and other family members, he said, reported the PTI.
The accused in both cases have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act
Meanwhile, in an another incident Heroin, smuggled from Myanmar, worth over Rs 6.40 crore was seized and three persons were arrested in two separate operations by the police personnel in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Accprding to police officials 691 gm of heroin worth over
Rs 5.50 crore was seized and two drug peddlers identified as Sandeep Singh and Manoj Deka were arrested in Guwahati city.
Acting on secret information, police personnel conducted an operation near Chandmari flyover and apprehended the two bike-born drug peddlers.
Following a thorough search, police officials recovered heroin, weighing 691 gm hidden in ten soap boxes.
Police officials feel that the drugs, the value of which was estimated to be over Rs 5.50 crore, might have been smuggled from Myanmar through Mizoram or Manipur.
Meanwhile, after a preliminary interrogation of the two drug peddlers, necessary legal formalities would be complete.
News Edit KV Raman
