17 July,2023 03:50 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has burnt 161 kg drugs worth Rs 64.36 crore at a facility in Navi Mumbai, an official said on Monday, reported the PTI.
These narcotics and psychotropic drugs were seized by various units of ATS in four different cases, he told the PTI.
The seized drugs were put in the incineration facility of the Mumbai Waste Management Ltd at Taloja in neighbouring Navi Mumbai in the presence of ATS's drug destruction committee, the official added.
Meanwhile, the Mumbai police arrested a 20-year-old Nigerian national for alleged possession of mephedrone worth Rs 5 lakh, an official said on Sunday.
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The accused Frank Kenneth Ezi was nabbed from Malwani area in the western suburb of Malad here on Saturday night, the official said.
A patrolling team spotted Ezi roaming in a suspicious manner at Kaccha Rasta, and following a search, found 100 gm of mephedrone worth Rs 5 lakh in his possession, he said.
The accused has been arrested under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and a search is on to nab others in connection with the case, the official said.
In an another case, the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Thane city police in Maharashtra has seized banned drugs worth nearly Rs 55 lakh and registered 13 cases under the NDPS Act so far this year, an official said on Friday, according to the PTI.
According to senior inspector Sanjay Shinde of the Anti Narcotics Cell had told the PTI, 35 people have been arrested between January 1 and July 13 across the Thane city police commissionerate comprising five divisions.
Sharing details of their operations, he said Anti Narcotics Cell has seized 90 kg of ganja worth Rs 17.3 lakh and arrested three persons, the news agency had earlier reported.
The Anti Narcotics Cell officials also confiscated nearly 442 grams of mephedrone worth Rs 24.2 lakh in five cases and took 16 people into custody, he said.
The Anti Narcotics Cell also seized banned gutkha worth Rs 8.2 lakh and electronic cigarettes worth Rs 4.8 lakh, he added, as per the PTI.
(with PTI inputs)
