Mumbai, Aug 27 (PTI) The Mumbai police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has arrested a 22-year-old drug supplier with charas worth Rs 16.20 lakh from Dharavi area of the city, an official said on Friday.

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Acting on a tip-off, the Azad Maidan unit of the ANC apprehended Mohammed Irfan Shaikh, a resident of Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, with 810 gm of charas on Thursday, the official said.

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The contraband is valued at Rs 16.20 lakh in the market, he said.

Shaikh was arrested based on the information provided by Ashraf Sayyad, a peddler who was nabbed with charas in Dindoshi on Tuesday, the official added.

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