NCB seizes Rs 1 crore mephedrone in two raids; ANC nabs one for Rs 5 crore haul in June

MUMBAI: In two operations, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Saturday seized 505gm of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 1 crore and arrested a man near JJ hospital in South Mumbai.
An NCB team led by zonal director Sameer Wankhede carried out a search of a place at Chinchoti phata in Vasai and seized 205gm of MD and arrested Ejaz Yakub Shaikh, a resident of Imambara, near JJ hospital.In a followup operation, the team raided a place in Nalasopara and seized 300gm of MD.
During interrogation it transpired that Shaikh was a drug peddler who used to buy drugs from a Nigerian. “Prima facie the Nigerian is manufacturing synthetic drugs from a kitchen factory in suburbs and selling them to peddlers,’’ said an officer. NCB is on the lookout for him.
Meanwhile, Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police arrested another person in connection with the seizure of contraband worth Rs 5 crore in June. An ANC team of Bandra had seized 1.80kg of heroin worth Rs 3.24 crore and 1.100kg of MD worth Rs 2.2 crore and Rs65,000, and had arrested Nimai Sarkar alias Raja Sarkar and Salim Khan alias Salman. During interrogation it transpired that the drugs were procured from Shoiab Ayub Sikvara, from Shamgad in Madhya Pradesh. A police team went to MP on Thursday and arrested Shoiab Sikvara.
DCP Datta Nalawade said arrested accused Sarkar’s father Sanjeeb was a big drug peddler in MP.