MUMBAI: According to an official on Friday, the Mumbai police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has taken three people into custody, including a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, and seized charas valued at Rs 1.04 crore. According to him, the accused were a part of an interstate drug trafficking organisation. In a special operation, the ANC’s Bandra unit detained two people in the Byculla area and took 1.8 kg of premium Kashmiri charas, according to a crime branch official. After another man was arrested as a result of their questioning, 800 grammes more of Kashmiri charas were taken from his possession.According to the official, the drug was brought to Mumbai by the accused, a Kashmiri national, who hid it in walnut bags. Two cases have been filed against another accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. According to the official, he had previously had up to 55 kg of charas taken from him in the Worli area. He said that during another operation, the ANC’s Azad Maidan unit had arrested three people and seized 120 grammes of mephedrone valued at Rs 24 lakh. They had also recovered Rs 22 lakh in cash.
