Mumbai:
The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of
Mumbai police has nabbed two men from Jammu and Kashmir and
seized charas worth Rs 5.60 lakh.
"We are focusing on breaking the supply chain of
narcotics being brought from J&K for distribution in the
Mumbai market," said Shivedeep Lande, deputy commissioner of
police.
The Ghatkopar unit of ANC today arrested Shahina alias
Heena Muzaffar Kababi (24) and Muzaffar Ahmad Butt (34) with
1.4 kg of charas valued at Rs 5.60 lakh from Vatsalatai Naik
Nagar in suburban Kurla, DCP Lande said.
They hailed from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla and
Sopore areas, respectively, he said.
The duo acted as carriers for drug suppliers, he said. Earlier, charas was sent in apple boxes, and Haji
Abdul Rahman Ali Shaikh, part of charas suppliers' group in
Jammu and Kashmir, came to Mumbai by train and collected the
consignment.
After he was arrested and convicted by a court in
Mumbai, the drug suppliers relied on Ishfaq Ahmad Rashi, a
Srinagar resident, to distribute charas in Mumbai, but he too
was arrested by the ANC sleuths, the DCP said.
