Overview

• Crime Branch Unit 9 launched an operation on a tip-off that the suspect was selling MD drugs while posing as a fruit seller near Bandra railway station.
• Officers in plain clothes intercepted Mohammad Ali Abdul Gaffar Sheikh late Friday on Maharashtranagar Road near the Bandra Bus Depot.
• A search of his handcart uncovered a metal box holding a bag with 153 grams of MD drugs valued at about Rs 35.30 lakh.
• A case under the NDPS Act has been registered, and a court has remanded the accused to police custody until September 3.
• During questioning, the 60-year-old cited financial difficulties for entering the trade as police probe his supplier, the duration of his involvement, possible accomplices, and any prior record.