Hashish worth Rs 9 crore being smuggled from Jammu & Kashmir seized in Mumbai: NCB

Seized hashish. Pic/NCB

In a major operation the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized 17.5 kg hashish being smuggled from Jammu and Kashmir to Mumbai.

The consignment was brought to a place of worship in Dadar on bike. The seizer was made in four different operations in Dadar, Tardeo, Parel and Thane respectively. Two kilograms of hashish and Rs 2.20 lakh cash was seized from Dadar, after which four people, identified as Kamlesh Gupta, Amit Prakash Patel, Rajvinder Singh and Gurmit Singh, were nabbed.

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Rajvinder and Gurmit had traveled from Punjab to Mumbai on a two-wheeler carrying the drug consignment in a backpack. Kamlesh led the NCB team to the house of one Noor Mohammad Jumman in Chunabhatti late Monday night, where 3.3 kilograms of hashish, originally from Kashmir, and Rs 2.20 lakh cash were seized, the official informed.

In the another operation, the NCB Mumbai team on Tuesday nabbed Shabir Usman Shaikh and Nizamuddin Ahmad Taza from Bhiwandi in Thane district allegedly with 12 kilograms of hashish, which had just arrived from Jammu and Kashmir, he said.

The seized contraband is reported to be worth Rs 9 crore.

Seven accused have been arrested through the operation.