India News | Mumbai: Two Nigerian Nationals Held with Mephedrone Worth Rs 2.90 Cr
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two Nigerian nationals were held from Mankhurd in Mumbai on Thursday allegedly with mephedrone worth Rs 2.90 crore, a police official said.
Mumbai, Aug 25 (PTI) Two Nigerian nationals were held from Mankhurd in Mumbai on Thursday allegedly with mephedrone worth Rs 2.90 crore, a police official said.
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Acting on a specific tip off, a team of the Bandra unit of Mumbai Crime Branch's Anti Narcotics Cell held the two near a power station on the highway leading to Panvel at around 1:30am, he said.
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"We seized 1.4 kilograms of mephedrone worth Rs 2.90 crore. One of the arrested Nigerian nationals is also allegedly involved in a murder in Tulinj in Palghar in 2016," the official said.
A team is working on unravelling their peddling network and it is suspected that they are part of a gang, ANC Deputy Commissioner of Police Datta Nalawade said.
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