Details
Raju Vernekar
vernekar.raj@gmail.com
Two persons were arrested with 250 ecstasy pills worth Rs. 50 lakh in the international market from Dongri area in South Mumbai by officers of the property cell of the Mumbai Police’s crime branch and they were remanded to police custody till October 5.
“The arrested accused have been identified as Amir Firoz Raffai (24) and Inayatali Abbas Mohammed Sayyad (29), both residents of Dongri. Raffai has four cases of assault registered against him in Dongri police station. Sayyad was working in a courier company and it is suspected that he used to transport narcotics to various states.”
“Acting on the tip off that accused were coming with narcotics contraband to deliver to someone in south Mumbai, the police team led by Inspector Dhiraj Koli, laid a trap and nabbed them. During the search, the police recovered 125 ecstasy tablets each from Raffai and Sayyad. “We are questioning the accused to find out from where they procured the contraband and to whom they were going to deliver it,” PI Koli said.”
““Ecstasy tablets, also known as MDMA, are not manufactured in Mumbai. They are usually brought in from other states. In this case, it is suspected that they might have procured them from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. There is an inter-state racket involved and teams will be sent to other states to make more arrests,” the officer said and added that an international link to the racket was not ruled out. The arrests were made following orders by the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to crack down on drugs networks operating in the city.”
Ecstacy tablets seized by police
“In another case unit XI of the Mumbai Police’s crime branch, arrested two persons with 105 gram Mephedrone worth Rs 3.15 lakh from Rajendra Nagar area of Borivali East in North Mumbai on Friday.”
“Acting on the tip off, the police maintained a vigil near Dattapada area and arrested the accused –Niketan Suresh Jadhav (30) and Parvesh Hanif Halai (30). Their search revealed that they were carrying pouches filled with white substance. They were put under arrest and CR 38/2020 was registered. They have been booked under sections 8(c), and 22(c) of NDPS and they have been remanded to police custody till October 05.”
Both the accused have criminal history and one of the accused was working as an assistant make up man in Bollywood. He was also engaged in hair dressing work of the people involved in really shows. Another accused against whom two offences are registered with D N Nagar Police was recently released on bail. After that he began selling drugs.
“The arrested were effected under the directions of Joint CP Milind Bharambe Addl CP Viresh Prabhu, DCP Nandkumar Thakur, ACP Avinash Shingte, by a team comprising PI in-charge Sunil Mane, PIs Salil Bhosale, Rais Shaikh, Nitin Utekar, constables Ravindra Bhambid, Rajesh Chavan, Mahadev Navge, Rakesh Lotankar, Ajay Kadam, Sachin Kadam, Jayesh Keni, Ajit Chavam, Nilesh Shinde, Mahesh Raorane, Sarika Kadam and Ria Anerao.”
