Source: India Today
The Mumbai Police on Thursday arrested two people for allegedly operating a lab for illegally manufacturing a synthetic drug named mephedrone.
The police also seized mephedrone having a market value of Rs 1.065 crore and other chemicals and machines worth Rs five lakh.
The two men arrested were identified as Abrar Shaikh (30) and Noor Alam Chaudhry (24). Following the operation, a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against the accused.
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According to the police, Shaikh was arrested by the police with 100 bottles of thinner and one gram of mephedrone. During interrogation, he confessed to having procured them from Chaudhry, whose place, when police raided, found an illegal lab operating at his Kandivali premises.
The raiding team also found material and literature to manufacture the banned narcotics substance.
The two have been remanded to police custody until January 15.
Earlier last month, six people were arrested by Mumbai Police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) for allegedly possessing 2.6 kilograms of high-quality Kashmiri charas (hashish) valued at approximately Rs 1.04 crore and 120 grams of MD (mephedrone) along with Rs 22 lakh in cash.
