Mumbai: In a major crackdown on interstate narcotics racket, Mumbai’s Sakinaka police have busted a gang and arrested four members including the alleged mastermind, and seized Mephedrone worth Rs 107.65 crore, equipment, and resources used for it . have done.
According to the mumbai police, on December 31, 2023, the patrol team of Sakinaka police had arrested Sarfaraz Sheikh (22), a resident of Mankhurd on Ghatkopar-Andheri Link Road, with 1.2 kg of MD worth Rs 1.40 crore. Later his associates Majid Shaikh (44) and Abdullah Shaikh (44) were also arrested. Based on his sustained interrogation and analysis of his call details, the investigation team of Sakinaka Police found vital clues about the Pune-based manufacturer.
Suspecting that the racket could be bigger, on the instructions of Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar, Special CP Deven Bharti, Joint Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Satyanarayan Chaudhary sent a dedicated police team to Zonal DCP Mangesh Shinde to nab the real culprit. Sent to make. Asked to make. And the mastermind behind the drug racket. Under the supervision of the DCP, senior inspector Gabaji Chimte of Sakinaka police involved a team in the operation. Acting on the clues they received, they arrested the suspected mastermind Patil last week. Patil revealed that his MD manufacturing factory was in Jodhpur. After getting his custody from the court, the police team took him with them to Jodhpur and raided the factory in Mogra Khurd area of Jodhpur on Saturday. After this, a warehouse was also raided in Jhalamand area.
“We have seized 67.5 kg of liquid MD worth Rs 101.25 crore and other chemicals, MD cooking equipment worth Rs 107.62 crore,” Chimte said. The land and factory owner have been detained for questioning. Patil and other accused have been arrested under relevant sections of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The police are also investigating whether he has links with any other drug manufacturing racket inside or outside the state.
Sources told to The Indian Express that a police investigation revealed that Patil researched the internet for a year and collected information on how to cook MD using only openly available chemicals. He experimented and cooked the MD medicine two to three times and after successfully preparing his desired product, he set up a temporary factory in a rural area of Marathwada about six months ago. But, when the Sakinaka police and other Maharashtra police were cracking down on the drug racket in the state, before the police could reach him, Patil destroyed his factory and used his contacts to transport him to an isolated place in Jodhpur. But sold. Foundation day. The pharmaceutical industry, the source said.
