Mumbai: 345kg marijuana worth â¹51 lakh seized from Chandivali; one held
Saki Naka Police arrested a 39-year-old man for the alleged possession of over 345 kilograms of marijuana worth over Rs 51.82 lakh in Chandivali on Thursday. The accused was arrested based on a tip-off. Police arrested and booked the accused under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act.
According to police, during a constant crackdown on illegal drug rings, they had received a tip-off that a man was to arrive to deliver a narcotic consignment, based on which a trap was laid. Police accordingly raided a room in Sangharsh Nagar area and seized over 345 kg of marijuana, valued at â¹51.82 lakh in the international market, said senior inspector Balwant Deshmukh of Saki Naka police station. Police arrested the accused, identified as Ashok Manik Metre, who had stored the consignment in the room. Sources claimed that Metre was to deliver the contraba
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MUMBAI: A 39-year-old man was arrested for alleged possession of over 300 kg of marijuana worth over Rs 50 lakh in Chandivali area of the city on Thursday, police said.
Based on a tip-off, the Saki Naka police raided a room in Sangharsh Nagar locality and found 345 kg of the drug, worth Rs 51 lakh, senior inspector Balwant Deshmukh of Saki Naka police station said.
The accused Ashok Manik Metre kept the consignment in the room and allegedly planned to deliver the contraband to various locations in the city. We are probing into the accused s background and trying to get information about to whom he was going to deliver the drugs to, the official said.