Mumbai: While Central agency Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was cracking down on Bollywood celebrities, the Mumbai Police have clamped down on a major heroin consignment. A woman drug peddler from the Sion area was nabbed with heroin worth Rs 21.50 crore today.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has been cracking down on drug peddlers since last year. NCB is seizing a large number of drugs by conducting raids at various parts of Mumbai. On the other hand, it has come to light that the Anti-Narcotics Squad of Mumbai Police carried out a major operation in the Sion area on Tuesday night. Mumbai Police's anti-narcotics squad has seized heroin worth Rs 21.60 crore from Sion, in which a female drug peddler has been nabbed.
The police team said that large quantities of narcotics are shipped across the country from Rajasthan, the Pratapgad area. Police have received information that seven kg of heroin would also arrive in Mumbai. On Tuesday (October 19) night, the anti-narcotics squad of Mumbai Police raided the Sion area and seized drugs worth Rs 21.60 crore from a drug peddler. The Ghatkopar squad led by Deputy Commissioner of Police Datta Nalawade conducted this operation.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Police and its Anti-Narcotics Squad have arrested 3,575 accused in the first eight months of this year and seized drugs worth Rs 87 crore so far. Police have focused on nabbing the accused, from drug suppliers to drug addicts, to break the cycle of drug trafficking. The drugs seized included all types of narcotics. Police also seized cocaine, heroin, hashish, MD, cannabis as well as LCD dots, drug pills, and a large quantity of cough syrup.
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