The arrests were made in a joint operation by the STF and the Pune Crime Branch of the Maharashtra Police in connection with the earlier drug seizure in Nashik.
A cloth factory that made the expensive drug MDMA has been busted by the police in Greater Noida, neighbouring Delhi. This is the second such operation that has been uncovered in the city in about a fortnight, with another unit being raided on May 16
The Gwalior bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State s Director General of Police (DGP) to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to a youth who was falsely booked and kept in custody for eight months for possession of what the police claimed was party drug MDMA – commonly known as Ecstasy or Molly.
During checking, about 90 grams of MD drugs were recovered from his bag. The value of the recovered drug is about 9 lakh in the international market. The crime branch team also seized his mobile phone and Rs 580 from the accused.