Navi Mumbai: Police seize drugs valued at Rs 18.05 lakh; 3 arrested

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The Navi Mumbai police have seized drugs worth Rs 18.05 lakh in two raids and arrested three persons including two Nigerian nationals in this connection, officials said on Tuesday, PTI reported.

Acting on a tip-off, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of police laid a trap near Kharghar railway station and nabbed the two Nigerians, aged 32 and 34. A total of 44 gm of methaqualone worth Rs 4.40 lakh was seized from their possession, the police said in a release.

Last week, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai police arrested five drug peddlers, including a Nigerian national, and recovered from them mephedrone and hydroponic weed worth more than Rs 42 lakh in the western suburbs of the city, an official said. The ANC teams of Kandivali, Bandra and Worli units conducted raids in Dahisar, Goregaon and Bandra areas based on a tip-off, and arrested the five drug peddlers, he said. In the first case, the Kandivali unit arrested 33-year-old Nigerian national from Dahisar area on Tuesday with 60 grams of mephedrone worth Rs 12 lakh, he said, adding that officials of the Bandra unit in another case arrested two drug peddlers from Goregaon west with 52 grams mephedrone. The ANC's Worli unit on Wednesday arrested two more accused with 200 grams of hydroponic weed worth Rs 20 lakh, he said. The Mumbai police's ANC has arrested 127 persons, including 12 foreign nationals, and seized 788 kilograms of drugs worth around Rs 27.33 crore, so far this year.

In another case, in May this year, Mumbai Police said that it's Mumbai Crime Branch's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) was successful in nabbing two people with drugs worth over Rs 11 lakh after suspecting their movement upon spotting the cops. According to the police, the Mumbai Police and it's Anti-Narcotics Cell has been keeping a tight vigil in the city for drug abuse and drug peddling and as part of action against drug peddling in Mumbai, the different units of the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch have been conducting routine checks and regular patrolling in their respective units in the city. The regular vigilance in the city has been leading to drug seizures in the city.

(With PTI inputs)