Two held with heroin worth Rs 3.8 crore in Mumbai

Mumbai: Two men from Uttarakhand have been arrested for alleged possession of heroin worth Rs 3.8 crore in the western suburbs here, police said on Monday.

Based on a tip-off, the Anti-Narcotics Cell’s Kandivli unit raided an apartment in the Versova area of Andheri and found 765 gm of the contraband stashed in the premises, an official said.

The accused, Arman Ayub Malik (32), a resident of Dehradun, and Haridwar native Danish Bhura Ali (23), were couriers for a large drug syndicate operating out of north India, Deputy Commissioner of Police Navnath Dhavale said.

He said that the duo allegedly received a monthly salary of Rs 25,000 from the syndicate to distribute and supply drugs.

The accused had visited the city multiple times in the past to supply drugs to their customers, the official said, adding that the duo has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

This is the second operation in the last 10 days by the ANC’s Kandivali unit. The team had earlier seized 508 gm of heroin, he said.

The police are probing into the supply and distribution chains of the interstate syndicate, the official said.