Mumbai Police arrest wanted drug peddler from Odisha in mephedrone case

Mumbai Police have arrested a wanted accused from Odisha in connection with a mephedrone trafficking case an officer said on WednesdayThe accused identified as Ahmed Mohammed Shafi Shaikh alias Akbar Khau is involved in at least 18 serious criminal cases news agency PTI reportedThe Ghatkopar unit of the AntiNarcotics Cell ANC recently apprehended one Farid Shaikh with 64 grams of mephedrone a synthetic stimulant drug commonly known as meowmeow or MCAT During interrogation Farid revealed that Ahmed Shafi was his supplierAhmed Shafi had recently been released from jail after serving a sentence under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA PTI reported However he allegedly resumed drug peddling and became part of a mephedrone distribution network the officer saidBased on specific intelligence that Shafi was hiding in Sundargarh Odisha an ANC team tracked him down arrested him and brought him back to MumbaiHe was produced before a court which remanded him in police custody until Friday the officer addedRs 2 crore mephedrone seized from car in Thane 4 heldPolice have seized mephedrone MD valued at Rs 214 crore from a car in Maharashtras Thane city and arrested four persons in this connection officers said on WednesdayBased on suspicion sleuths of the polices ANC intercepted a car at a spot near the MTNL office in the Charai area on Monday evening and carried out a checkThey recovered 1716 kg of mephedrone a banned synthetic stimulant valued at Rs 21432000 from the car and also impounded the vehicle an officer from Naupada Police Station saidThe police arrested the car driver Imran alias Bacchu Kizhar Khan 37 businessman Vakas Abdulrab Khan 30 farmer Takuddin Rafique Khan 30 and labourer Kamlesh Ajay Chouhan 23 all hailing from Madhya Pradesh the officer addedA case was registered against the accused under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act and a probe was on into it the police saidDRI Mumbai seizes over 42 kg highquality hydroponic weed worth Rs 42 crore at Mumbai AirportIn a major success under continuing Operation Weed Out the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence DRI has seized 4234 kg of highgrade Hydroponic Weed valued at approximately Rs 42 crore in the illicit market from two passengers arriving from Bangkok at Mumbais Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport CSMIA on November 2According to a release acting on specific intelligence DRI officers intercepted the two passengers shortly after arrival and subjected their baggage to detailed examination The search led to the recovery of 21 food packets including noodles and biscuits which were found to contain Hydroponic Weed concealed ingeniously within regular food packaging Field tests using the NDPS kit confirmed the presence of narcotic substancesThe contraband weighing 4234 kg was seized under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act 1985 and both passengers were arrestedWith PTI inputs