Three held after mephedrone seizure from Navi Mumbai house

The Navi Mumbai police on Saturday arrested three persons including a woman after recovering mephedrone valued over Rs 5 lakh from them an official said reported news agency PTIActing on inputs a team from Koparkhairane police station raided a Navi Mumbai house in their jurisdiction around 2 am reported PTIA search of the premises led to the discovery of 54 grams of mephedroneThe occupants of the Navi Mumbai house identified as Sandip Muniram Sharma 23 his wife Nirmala Sandip Sharma 23 and his brother Varun Muniram Sharma 21 were arrested he said reported PTIThe seized drug is valued at Rs 54 lakh he said adding a case has been registered against the three under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act reported PTIIn another case two persons were arrested for alleged possession of more than 34 kg of ganja worth Rs 68 lakh in Navi Mumbai police said on Saturday reported PTIActing on a tipoff the antinarcotics cell of the Navi Mumbai police intercepted a car near an eatery in Ajiwali village on the ShendungPalaspe road on Friday senior inspector Neeraj Chowdhary said reported PTIFollowing a search the team recovered 344 kg of ganja from the vehicle he saidThe two occupants of the car were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances NDPS Act the official said reported PTIInvestigations are underway to find out where the contraband was sourced from he added reported PTIMeanwhile police have registered a case against three persons and two firms for allegedly cheating a Navi Mumbaibased man of nearly Rs 45 lakh by luring him into making online share trading investments an official said on Saturday reported PTIThe accused were identified as Aarav Kunal Bimla the customer case executive of a securities firm and a website he said reported PTIIn his complaint the 49yearold victim from Nerul in Navi Mumbai said the accused lured him into investing Rs 4472 lakh between February 5 and March 3 this year senior inspector Gajanan Kadam of the Cyber police station saidWhen he requested returns on his investments the accused gave evasive replies As he realised that he has been deceived the victim approached the police and lodged a complaint based on which a case was registered under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 419 cheating by personation 420 cheating and 34 common intentionand the Information Technology IT Act he said reported PTIWith inputs from PTI