In a major operation conducted over a period of two weeks, the NCB`s Mumbai zonal unit has neutralised a local drug trafficking cartel, which was active in Mumbai and adjoining areas, an official claimed.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has recovered 1.431 kg of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 60 lakh in multiple seizures in Mumbai and arrested four people, an official said on Tuesday.
In a major operation conducted over a period of two weeks, the NCB*s Mumbai zonal unit has neutralised a local drug trafficking cartel, which was active in Mumbai and adjoining areas, the official claimed.
Acting on a tip-off, a NCB team laid a trap and apprehended a local distributor with 36 gm of mephedrone on the intervening night of October 21 and 22 in Mumbra area of neighbouring Thane district, he said.
During interrogation, the accused revealed that he had ordered 250 gm of MD from a supplier based in Bandra and was to receive the consignment on October 22, the official said.
Based in the information, the NCB made the second arrest and seized 245 gm of the drug from the supplier in the western suburb of Bandra, he said.