The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) conducted searches at three places in south Mumbai and recovered drugs worth Rs 16 lakh, an official said on Sunday. Three persons were arrested in this connection, he said.

"The searches were conducted in Colaba, Nagpada and Dongri during the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The agency recovered around 162 grams of mephedrone (MD), a psychotropic substance, and small quantity of charas," the official said.