Drugs worth over Rs 150 cr seized from Mumbai, neighbouring areas in last 1 year, over 300 held: NCB

Mumbai | Monday | 20th September, 2021

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Mumbai, Sep 20 (PTI) The Narcotics Control Bureau has seized various banned drugs worth over Rs 150 crore in the last one year from Mumbai, adjoining Navi Mumbai, Thane and other areas, a senior NCB official said.

"From September last year till now, we have registered 114 cases under the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act and arrested more than 300 people, including 34 foreigners and a few Bollywood celebrities," NCB"s Mumbai Zonal Director Samir Wankhede told PTI on Sunday.

He said over last one year, they seized more than 100 kg of Codine drugs, 30 kg charas, 12 kg heroin, two kg cocaine, 350 kg Ganja, 60 kg ephedrine and 25 kg MD (mephedrone) from the city and other neighbouring areas.

"Now, we have started attaching properties of those caught dealing in drugs in commercial quantities.

Till now, we have attached properties worth over Rs 12 crore of various drug-peddlers and this will continue," he said.

The items being seized include cash and jewellery earned from the sale of drugs, he added.