Updated On: 14 August, 2021 07:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Vishal Singh
Drug peddlers pelted stones at NCB officers when they raided the forest area between Mankhurd and Vashi; one arrested, rest flee

Obiorah Ekwelar, the accused (right) Shrikant Raut, one of the injured NCB officers
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mumbai, has launched an operation, named Apocalypse, to nab a gang of Nigerian nationals who deal drugs in the forest area between the Mankhurd and Vashi.
During the raid on Thursday, several NCB officers were severely injured when the alleged drug peddlers pelted stones at them. However, they were able to nab one of them, later identified as Obiorah Ekwelar. Others managed to flee as he used a laser light to alert them.