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Mumbai Police Arrest Nigerian National, Three Others in Drug Cases
Mumbai Police carried out two separate operations against alleged drug networks.
In the first case, officers arrested a Nigerian national in Mumbai.
They said they found 122 grams of cocaine worth about ₹61 lakh.
In the second case, police arrested three people accused of possessing and supplying Mephedrone, also called MD.
Police said the three were habitual offenders.
Officers said they seized 435.10 grams of Mephedrone worth about ₹13.05 lakh.
They also found material allegedly used to make the drug in a house in Ulhasnagar.
Investigators are still trying to find where the drugs came from and whether other people were involved.
Mumbai Police arrested a Nigerian national and seized 122 grams of cocaine valued at approximately ₹61 lakh.
The cocaine arrest was made by the Anti-Narcotics Cell’s Worli Unit in Mumbai’s N. M. Joshi Marg area.
Pydhonie Police arrested Kapil Gulshan Arora, Mohammed Asif Iqbal Sheikh and Saeed Aslam Sheikh in a Mephedrone supply case.
Police said 435.10 grams of Mephedrone, estimated to be worth ₹13.05 lakh, was seized from the three accused.
Investigators also recovered material allegedly used to manufacture Mephedrone from a house in Ulhasnagar, Thane district.
- Who
- Mumbai Police, including the Anti-Narcotics Cell’s Worli Unit and Pydhonie Police, arrested a Nigerian national and three Indian men in separate cases.
- What
- Police seized 122 grams of cocaine and 435.10 grams of Mephedrone, and recovered material allegedly used to manufacture Mephedrone.
- Where
- The cases involved N. M. Joshi Marg, Hotel Jodiya on Jangikar Street in Masjid Bunder West, Pydhonie, and Ulhasnagar in Thane district.
- When
- The three Mephedrone-related arrests began on September 5; dates for the cocaine operation were not specified.
- Why
- The arrests were part of police operations targeting the purchase, sale, supply, storage and alleged manufacture of illegal drugs in Mumbai.
Key facts
- Cocaine seized
- 122 grams
- Estimated cocaine value
- Approximately ₹61 lakh
- Mephedrone seized
- 435.10 grams
- Estimated Mephedrone value
- ₹13.05 lakh
- Cocaine case law
- Sections 8(c) and 21(c) of the NDPS Act, 1985, plus Sections 3 and 21 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025
- Initial Mephedrone arrests
- Kapil Gulshan Arora, 39, and Mohammed Asif Iqbal Sheikh, 44
- Further Mephedrone arrest
- Saeed Aslam Sheikh, 33, was arrested during the investigation
Sources
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