16 July,2023 02:26 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Mumbai police have arrested a 20-year-old Nigerian national for alleged possession of mephedrone worth Rs 5 lakh, an official told news agency PTI on Sunday.
The accused Frank Kenneth Ezi was nabbed from Malwani area in the western suburb of Malad in Mumbai on Saturday night, the official said.
A patrolling team spotted Ezi roaming in a suspicious manner at Kaccha Rasta, and following a search, found 100 gm of mephedrone worth Rs 5 lakh in his possession, the official told PTI.
The accused has been arrested under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and a search is on to nab others in connection with the case, the official told PTI.
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Earlier, the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Thane city police in Maharashtra has seized banned drugs worth nearly Rs 55 lakh and registered 13 cases under the NDPS Act so far this year, an official told PTI on Friday.
According to senior inspector Sanjay Shinde of the ANC, 35 people have been arrested between January 1 and July 13 across the Thane city police commissionerate comprising five divisions, reported PTI.
Sharing details of their operations, he said ANC has seized 90 kg of ganja worth Rs 17.3 lakh and arrested three persons.
It confiscated nearly 442 grams of mephedrone worth Rs 24.2 lakh in five cases and took 16 people into custody, he said.
The ANC also seized banned gutkha worth Rs 8.2 lakh and electronic cigarettes worth Rs 4.8 lakh, he added.
In another incident, a man was arrested from Vashi in Navi Mumbai on Friday allegedly with 151.17 grams of methaqualone, a depressant and sedative that is often used as a narcotic drug, a police official told PTI.
The 27-year-old Dombivali resident, identified as Arshad Karar Khan, was held near a shop following a tip off by the Anti Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai police, Senior Inspector Tanvir Sheikh of APMC police station told PTI.
The contraband is worth Rs 15.11 lakh and efforts are on to unravel the peddling and client network of the accused, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)
