Mumbai crime branch recovers drug worth ₹16 crore from a drug syndicate, two people arrested
₹16 crores from their possession and arrested two people from the spot. The two culprits were produced before court and sent to Police custody till October 19, said Daya Nayak, Crime Branch Officer on Monday. According to the police, Inspector Daya Nayak initially received the tip of the drug peddlers being active in Bandra west and Khar areas of Mumbai.
Later, Daya Nayak formed a special team of police officials from crime branch unit-9 for further investigation.
The police also said that the huge quantity of drugs was seized from the suspects-aged 32 and 27, reported Mid-day. The police seized 2.547 kg of mephedrone (MD) drugs.
Moreover, 5.8 kgs of drugs was recovered from the second criminal. After further interrogation from suspects revealed information about the drugs manufacturing factory functional in Solapur district of the state, according to Mid-day report. After confirming the information, Daya Nayak and his team raided the factory and seized several drugs manufacturing equipment, raw materials and drugs.
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