Mumbai: Two drug traffickers held, mephedrone worth Rs 28 lakh seized

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Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested two drug traffickers at Mahim east in central Mumbai and seized mephedrone worth Rs 28 lakh from them, an official said, reported the PTI.

The Ghatkopar unit of the crime branch's anti-narcotics cell (ANC) nabbed the two persons in Kamlanagar area in the morning and recovered 140 grams of the banned substance, also popular among drug users as 'm-cat' or 'meow meow'.

The seized drug is worth about Rs 28 lakh, the official said.

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The duo told the police that they had been trafficking drugs in the city's Sion, Dharavi and Mahim for the past several months, the official added.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, the Navi Mumbai Police arrested a 49-year-old man and seized mephedrone, a banned drug, worth Rs 50 lakh from his possession in Navi Mumbai township, an official told news agency PTI on Wednesday.

Acting on a tip-off, the Navi Mumbai police's Anti-Narcotics Cell laid a trap near the man's house in Taloja area on Tuesday evening and caught him.

The police seized 500 gms of mephedrone powder, a synthetic stimulant, from his possession, the official from Taloja police station told PTI.

The man was booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official told PTI.

The police were trying to find out from where the accused sourced the contraband and to whom he planned to sell it, the police told PTI.

Earlier, seven Nigerian nationals were arrested and drugs worth Rs 19.05 crore seized from them after a major crackdown against drug peddlers in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai township, a senior police official told PTI on Sunday.

The contraband seizure and arrests were made following raids on September 1 in residential localities in Kharghar area, Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Milind Bharambe told PTI.

The police had received a tip-off that some Nigerians had stocked drugs and were selling them, he said.

The seized drugs included cocaine, MDMA and tablets of tramadol hydrochloride, a psychotropic substance, the official told PTI.

The seven arrested persons were booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the official told PTI.

The police were trying to find out from where the accused got the drugs and to whom they were selling them, the official told PTI.

(with PTI inputs)