Overview
- Anti-Narcotics Cell officers arrested Mohammad Aman Salim Shaikh, 20, and Hith Mukesh Patel, 22, near Little World Mall on October 31, a day after the initial arrest.
- Investigators say the duo had 185 grams of hydro ganja valued at approximately ₹19 lakh and had received the consignment from Keyur Jayesh Gogri for local distribution.
- Gogri was first detained after an October 30 raid at his Kharghar home that seized 800 milligrams of hydro ganja worth ₹5,000, along with plastic packets, a crusher and a weighing scale, plus a stash found under his car seat.
- All three accused have been booked under the NDPS Act and remain in police custody as the Anti-Narcotics Cell deepens the inquiry.
- Police say interrogation points to suppliers identified as Sharikh of Bhandup and Noman of Ulwe, who allegedly sourced the cannabis from Thailand, and teams are working to trace them and the financial links.