In perhaps the biggest haul of the synthetic stimulant drug Mephedrone in the metropolis, the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Tuesday claimed to have arrested four persons and seized 151.5 kgs of the contraband worth Rs 30 crore from a hotel in suburban Oshiwara.
We have seized 151.5 kgs of Mephedrone, also known as MD and meow meow, worth Rs 30 crore from Oshiwara. We have also seized some material that is used to manufacture the drug. The seized contraband was meant to be supplied across Mumbai within next fifteen days.
–ATS Official
On a specific information, the sleuths raided the hotel and apprehended four persons who had come to sell the contraband that they manufactured at home.
The accused are booked under relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The accused were produced before a local court which remanded them in police custody till July 10.
Mephedrone Seizure in the Recent Past
In March, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) had seized 405 kgs of Mephedrone in Sangli district of western Maharashtra and arrested three persons.
Later, Police had recovered 110 kgs of Mephedrone from the house of a police constable in the same district that month.
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