NCB conducts pan-India drug raids, contraband worth crores recovered from Mumbai – Times Now

New Delhi: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has conducted raids against drug traffickers at multiple locations across India including in Mumbai and seized contraband worth crores of rupees.

NCB said Mumbai emerged as the major destination for the raids against drug traffickers. In Mumbai, the NCB seized 1 kg of cocaine, 2 kg of P.C.P. (Phencyclidine), over 29 kg MDA, 70 gm of Mephedrone. Mumbai’s Vasai, Andheri and Juhu area were found to be major destinations for drugs.

In a separate operation, 56 kg of Hashish was seized in Jammu whose main receiver was arrested from Mumbai. 

In total, eight persons were arrested in four different operations. Metro cities in India serve as the prime destination for the various contrabands. NCB said it conducted massive operations against drug traffickers and their possible hideouts after identifying their modus operandi.

In the first operation in Mumbai, NCB team seized 1 kg of cocaine and 2 kg of P.C.P. (Phencyclidine) from One M Ahmed from Vasai, Palghar. During interrogation, Ahmed revealed that the contrabands were supplied by one S.K. Saurabh for further selling.

NCB team said it developed manual and technical intelligence and apprehended S.K Saurabh on October 13 from Vasai. The sustained interrogation of S K Saurabh resulted in further recovery of over 29 kg of MDA from his shop/godown the next day. Saurabh further revealed that the drugs belong to A Khanivadekar and R Khanivadekar. 

A. Khanivadekar was apprehended later. During interrogation, he revealed that his brother R Khanivadekar is accused in a DRI case of 483 kgs of Ephedrine and is on bail. Before the DRI raid, they had shifted the contrabands to shop/godown of S.K Saurabh and he had taken out the above recovered contraband from that lot.