Mumbai Police seizes properties worth Rs 3 crore of four drug peddlers

Mumbai Police on Thursday said that it has seized the properties of four out of 12 people allegedly involved in drug peddling they had been busted earlier this yearThe police said the move comes in after a major drug peddling racket being busted in August after which as many as 12 people were nabbed by the Mumbai Crime Branchs unit 6The seized assets include a farmhouse in Malegaon 50 tolas of gold and plots of land in parts of Maharashtra an official saidAccording to the police an interstate drug racket after receiving an initial information about a group of people who were to reach Mumbai as part of sale and purchase of drugs Mumbai Police had earlier said that the officials of the Mumbai Crime Branchs Unit 6 had got a tip off that some people were to come to Mumbai with drugs the officials of the unit 6 and the Mumbai Crime Branch began working on the tip off and laid a trap at Mulund check nakaMultiple teams of unit 6 of crime branch and other Mumbai Crime Branch units were formed that were deputed at different locations around Mulund check naka The officials spotted two suspicious cars in which around 8 people including a woman were travelling an official had saidThe police apprehended the people in travelling in the cars and initially detained them Checks were conducted on them that resulted in recovery of drugsFurther investigations reveled that in Chembur the money they allegedly earned from the sale of drugs was kept in a house an official saidA team of police officials reached the spot and made a recovery of the alleged drug money and further learnt that one of their aide resided in Kurla area of MumbaiA team of police officials rushed to his house and allegedly made a recovery of drugs from his house he have been placed under arrest The police also seized a twowheeler belonging to him for further investigations the police saidIn the entire operation the officials of the Mumbai Crime Branch have made a seizure of MD drugs weighing 35023 grams worth over Rs 7004 lakh and 45 grams of Charas valuing over Rs 135 lakh The total amount of the seizure values to over Rs 7139 lakh the official had saidInitially a total number of nine accused were arrested and three were nabbed later including two womenThe police said after completing legal formalities the crime branch seized the assets belonging to accused Sahil Ramzan Ali Khan alias Massa 27 Kaynat Sahil Khan 28 Sarfaraz Sabirali Khan alias Golden Bhura 36 and Priyanka Ashok Karkaur 24The properties of the accused including farmhouse row house a car and cash the official added