Nashik: Mumbais Saki Naka police initiated another search for a cache of mephedrone, allegedly dumped into Deolas Girna river by the associates of drug accused Lalit Patil, on Sunday. However, the search was stopped later in the evening.A team of 10 personnel of the Saki Naka police came to Lohaner in Deola taluka around noon and started the search operationwith the help of local swimmers.The operation was stopped at 5.30pm. The police did not find mephedrone (MD or ecstasy) in the river, said Deola police stations assistant inspector Deepak Patil.The Saki Naka police had conducted a search operation in the Girna river on October 24 as well. That search too was wrapped up on the same evening. However, another team of the Saki Naka police recovered 12kg of MD from the hilly areas of Saraswatiwadi in Deola.On Sunday, the police initiated a fresh search as the rivers water level was lower than on October 24. Sachin Wagh, who had driven Lalit Patil from Nashik to Surat after the latters escape from Punes Sassoon General Hospital, had allegedly got the drugs dumped into the river and buried some in Saraswatiwadi. The Saki Naka police are focused on recovering the drugs that were manufactured at the illegal unit in Nashiks Shinde village. Patils associates got alerted after the police arrested a peddler in Thane with 15kg of MD. The peddler had allegedly procured the drugs from Lalit Patils unit before the police team raided the Shinde village-based MD manufacturing unit, said the police.We also published the following articles recentlyLalit Patil Case: Mumbai Police launch search operation for MD drug packets in Girna river in Nashiks DeolaPolice in Mumbai are searching for packets of drugs that were allegedly thrown into the Girna River by a driver involved in a drug case. The search operation is being conducted with the help of scuba divers. The driver, Sachin Wagh, was brought along for the search. The accused, Lalit Patil, had escaped from a hospital in Pune and was later apprehended by the police. It is unclear whether the drugs have been recovered from the river.Mumbai cops look for drugs in Girna river, find 12kg MD in Deola forestDivers in Nashik are searching for drugs in the Girna river, suspecting that associates of drug kingpin Lalit Patil may have dumped large quantities of mephedrone (MD or ecstasy) there. The Saki Naka police team, who found 12kg of MD buried in a forest area, are now focusing on finding the drugs in the river. Patils driver, who allegedly dumped the drugs, has been brought in for questioning. The police are also searching for more drugs hidden by Patils gang in Nashik and other places. The search operation in the river has concluded without finding any drugs.Mumbai Police to search Nashik water body in Rs 305 crore drug haul caseThe Saki Naka police in Mumbai are planning to search a water body in Nashik to recover drug packets that were allegedly dumped by Sachin Wagh, who was recently arrested in a drug seizure case. The seized drug, mephedrone, is valued at around Rs 305 crore. The police suspect that the drug operation was masterminded by Lalit Patil, who struck a deal with a Pune hospital, while his brother Bhushan manufactured the drugs in Nashik. The police are also investigating the possibility of a hawala racket and the involvement of other small units across Maharashtra.

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