Overview

• A 25-year-old domestic worker from Mumbra was stopped near Ulhasnagar on August 5 with 71.03 grams of mephedrone valued at about Rs14.3 lakh.
• Police arrested 48-year-old paan shopkeeper Manwar Jamirullah Ansari in Vikhroli on August 6 after seizing 92 grams of mephedrone worth approximately Rs1.84 lakh.
• Mumbai Customs officers at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport detained a traveller concealing 15 kilograms of hydroponic cannabis labeled as a diplomatic pouch, estimated at Rs14.73 crore.
• All three cases have been registered under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.
• Investigators are examining supply chain links from Nalla Sopara and mapping intended recipients to disrupt the broader synthetic drug network.