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Mumbai: ANC seize drugs worth Rs 1026 crore from Gujarat

The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police said that it had apprehended one more suspect in connection with a drug case registered in March 2022. A total of seven accused have been held in the drugs racket case. The drugs were seized from the Ankleshwar area of Bharuch district of Gujarat and consisted of more than 513 kilograms of MD drugs.

Shivani Mishra

Updated Aug 16, 2022, 18:23 IST

ANC, Mumbai seize drugs worth Rs 1026 crore from Gujarat

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Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai police said that it had apprehended one more suspect in connection with a drug case registered in March 2022. With the recent arrest, a total of seven accused have been held in the drugs racket case. The drugs were seized from the Ankleshwar area of Bharuch district of Gujarat and consisted of more than 513 kilograms of MD drugs.

According to ANC Deputy Commissioner of Police, Datta Nalawade, several links connected them to Gujarat from where the seventh accused got arrested. One of the accused utilised his knowledge of organic chemistry to prepare mephedrone and supply it to their clients. The accused was reached out through social media.

The ANC team apprehended drug peddler Giriraj Dikshit and recovered a shipment of over 500 kgs of MD narcotics from his possession. The recovery was made after a raid in the Ankleshwar area. The value of the seized consignment is worth 1026 crores in the international market.

Earlier, MD drugs worth Rs 1 thousand crores had been recovered from the same gang from the warehouse of Mumbai, Nalasopara. Till now, MD drugs worth about 2046 crores have been recovered and 7 accused have been caught.

The total value of MD drugs recovered from this interstate drug smuggling gang is more than 2400 crores. These MD drugs were made in the factory of Gujarat and brought to the warehouses of Vasai, Nalasopara from Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway through trucks and auto-rickshaws. These narcotics substances were supplied from these warehouses to different drug peddlers in Mumbai.

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