A team from the Navi Mumbai crime branch’s Property and Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has arrested two youths, Salauddin Shaikh (21) and Fazal Khan (21), for being in possession of Mephedrone (MD) weighing 1 kg and 4 grams, with an estimated value of Rs2 crore and Rs80,000, respectively.
The crime branch officer revealed that after arresting the two drug peddlers, both residents of Mahim, the duo was taken into police custody until July 20. During their interrogation, Shaikh and Khan disclosed the names and addresses of their suppliers. One supplier is a Nigerian woman from Bhayandar, while the other is a person from Mahim who had previously been arrested by Mumbai police in connection with the Cordelia cruise drug case, where he was allegedly involved in supplying drugs to Aryan Khan.
The police have launched further investigations based on the leads provided by the arrested individuals.