India News | Mephedrone Worth over Rs 4 Crore Seized in Mumbai, Two Held

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested two men after recovering mephdrone worth more than Rs 4 crore from them in the western suburb of Andheri, an official said.

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Mumbai, Sep 13 (PTI) The Mumbai police on Wednesday arrested two men after recovering mephdrone worth more than Rs 4 crore from them in the western suburb of Andheri, an official said.

The Unit 9 of the crime branch had specific inputs about two persons carrying the banned drug, the official said. Accordingly, the police laid a trap at Gilbert Hill Road in D N Nagar area and apprehended the suspects with the contraband, he said.

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Both were found to be carrying a total of 2.033 kg of party drug mephedrone valued at more than Rs 4 crore, the official said.

The D N Nagar police then registered a case against the two under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and placed them under arrest, he added.

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