Maharashtra: Man from Bihar arrested with drugs worth over Rs 2 crore in Pune

In a major crackdown the Pune police arrested a 32yearold man from Bihar with 238 kg of drugs worth over Rs 2 crore from Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune district reported news agency ANIThe arrested man from Bihar has been identified as 32yearold Namami Shankar Zha who hails from Bihar state reported ANIThe city police now PimpriChinchwad police swung into action and seized 238 kg of MD drugs worth Rs 20200000 and arrested the accused from the Pimple Nilakh area of Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune district on Friday said an official reported ANIAccording to Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP Shivaji Pawar The arrest of the accused took place after his suspicious movement with a white carry bag was noticed by onduty assistant police inspector Narayan Patil of Sangvi police station in the local area during night patroling reported ANIDCP further informed that during the search of the suspect police found 238 kg of MD drugs with a market value of around 220 crore and a mobile phone in his possession reported ANIAfter the arrest a case was registered at the Sangvi police station under sections 8 c 21 c and 22 c of the NDPS ActSubsequently the accused was produced in court on Friday and remanded to police custody for seven days by the district magistrate court in PuneIn another case days after the police busted a counterfeit currency racket at Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune and arrested six persons it has come to light that the accused had procured the paper for printing fake notes and other raw material from a Chinese ecommerce portal an official said reported PTIThe police have so far seized more than 400 counterfeit notes of Rs 500 denomination from the accused who used to print the currency notesThe racket was unearthed on February 25 after the police apprehended a person named Hrutik Khadse and seized from him 140 notes of Rs 500 denomination During the probe they found that the notes were fake reported PTIDuring the interrogation the accused revealed that they printed the fake currency notes at Dighi in Pimpri Chinchwad When the premises were raided it was found that five more people were involved in the printing of counterfeit currency and seized 300 notes of Rs 500 denomination a Pimpri Chinchwad police official said reported PTIA printer a laptop Indian currency paper ink paper cutting machine and other things were also seized from the site he saidSo far we have seized 440 notes of Rs 500 denomination 4684 partially printed notes and 1000 sheets of Indian currency papers from the accused he added reported PTIDuring the investigation it was found that one of the accused had opened an account on a Chinese ecommerce website and ordered the currency paper for printing the notes from that country he said reported PTIAll the accused are currently in police custody and further investigation into the case is on the official saidWith inputs from PTI and ANI