Key supplier held with drugs worth Rs 2.5cr in Andheri in Mumbai

Mumbai: Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday arrested a key supplier of drugs to Bollywood personalities and celebrities in western suburbs and seized 5kg of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 2.5 crore. Acting on a tip-off, inspector Daya Naik of ATS Juhu unit, under the supervision of additional DGP Jai Jeet Singh and deputy inspector general of police Shivdeep Lande, arrested Sohail Memon from Lallubhai compound in Andheri.

Sources said he had sold a consignment last month and this one was to be handed over to a person near Lallubhai park. Sources said Daya Naik and team waited for the buyer but when he did not turn up, they detained the suspect. A personal search resulted in recovery of 5kg of MD. The resident of Andheri was booked under NDPS Act and will be produced in court on Thursday.

Police said he was a habitual offender was earlier arrested by police in 2016 with 21kg of ephedrine, for which he was in jail for 23 months. Immediately after release he was back in action.

He was arrested in an assault case in 2017. — Ahmed Ali


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