Mumbai, Aug 29 (PTI) A 33-year-old man was arrested for alleged possession of mephedrone worth Rs 10 lakh in the western suburb of Bandra here, police said on Tuesday.

A team from Mumbai police's crime branch apprehended the accused Shehzad Ahmed Shah from Qureshi Nagar area late on Monday night, an official said.

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The team seized mephedrone worth Rs 10 lakh from the accused, who allegedly supplies contraband in the western suburbs, he said.

The accused is a peddler, who is associated with some women suppliers. He was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) in the past, the official said.

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Shah has been booked under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he added.

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