Acting on the directives of Commissioner of Police, Niket Kaushik, the Crime Branch of Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar Police cracked down on narcotics smuggling and successfully dismantled a large-scale MD (Mephedrone) drug manufacturing unit in Telangana, arresting 12 people and seizing contraband worth crores.

According to police sources, on August 8 officers first apprehended a Bangladeshi national, Fatima Murad Sheikh alias Molla (23), a resident of Mira Road Purva, near the Kashimira bus stop, with 105 grams of MD. A case was registered at Kashigaon Police Station under the NDPS Act, 1985, and the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025.

Subsequently, investigations led to the arrest of nine more accused, with a total recovery of 178 grams of MD, Rs 23.97 lakh in cash, and valuables.