The Narcotics Control Bureau is currently conducting raids in Pune as a massive drug bust operation is in process. According to sources, 200 Kgs of Mephedrone have been seized from two locations in Pune.
Sources have said that this issue pertains to a larger national security issue.
Since the last two week, several such operations were also held in Mumbai.
The NCB is likely to reveal details of the bust in a press conference at 4 pm on Friday.
Mephedrone Worth Rs 120 Cr Seized Last Year
NCB seized 60 kg mephedrone drug worth more than Rs 120 crore from Mumbai and Gujarat and arrested six persons, including a former Air India pilot, in October last year.
The action was taken based on specific information received by the Naval Intelligence unit at Jamnagar in Gujarat, said Sanjay Singh, Deputy Director General of the NCB in a press briefing here.
“Following the tip-off, the officials from the NCB headquarters in Delhi and its Mumbai zonal unit conducted a raid at Jamnagar on October 3 and seized 10 kg mephedrone,” he said. The NCB team had arrested one person from Jamnagar and three more were held from Mumbai in this connection, Singh added.
On October 7, “The NCB team raided a godown located on S B Road in Fort area of south Mumbai and seized 50 mephedrone,” he said. After that, the anti-drug agency arrested two persons, including the kingpin of the cartel, he said, adding that one of the accused, Sohail Gafar Mahida, is a former Air India pilot.
Mephedrone, also known as meow meow’ or MD, is a synthetic stimulant and psychotropic substance banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
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