Mumbai: Mephedrone drug worth over Rs 12.50 cr seized, 3 held

Mumbai police have seizedmephedrone drug worth over Rs 12.50 crore from the city andarrested three persons in this connection, an official said onSunday.

A Dongri police team, led by Assistant InspectorPrakash Linge, had nabbed Iqbal Hussain Sayyed (38) early onThursday and recovered mephedrone worth Rs 60,000 from him, hesaid.

Based on the information given by Sayyed during hisquestioning, a raid was conducted at a hotel in Navi Mumbai,where one Abdul Waseem Shaikh was caught and mephedroneworth Rs 2.8 lakh was recovered, the official said.

''After probing the drug network for two days, weheld Deepak Sanjeev Bangera (55) from Ghatkopar,'' he said.

A raid at Bangera's premises at Kalina in Santacruz onSaturday evening gave the police a haul of 25 kilograms ofmephedrone worth Rs 12.50 crore, the official added.

According to him, the raid also yielded Rs 5 lakh cashand packing material, among other things.

The accused trio has been booked under the NarcoticDrugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and remanded inpolice custody till February 25, he said.