Mumbai Crime: Drug peddler arrested with mephedrone worth Rs 2.04 crore

Mumbai Police arrested a drug peddler for possessing more than 1 kg mephedrone worth Rs 2.04 crore from Sewri

Mumbai Police arrested a drug peddler for possessing more than 1 kg mephedrone worth Rs 2.04 crore from Sewri.

The Unit-9 of Mumbai Police's crime branch had specific information that two drug peddlers would be arriving in a chawl on Monday night.

"While one of them was nabbed, his aide managed to flee from the spot," the police official said.

According to the police, they recovered 1.028 kg mephedrone from the possession of the accused.

The accused has been identified as Salim Haroon Rashid Khan.

"An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, while the search for Khan's accomplice is on," added the police official.

(with inputs from PTI)

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