Mumbai: Police arrest drug peddler with high-quality charas; accused in custody till Nov 8

Nov 06, 2023

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 6 : Mumbai Police arrested a drug peddler from the Masjid Bunder area of Maharashtra and recovered high-quality charas drugs worth Rs 2 crore 40 lakh from him, police officials said on Sunday.
"The Worli Unit of the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police arrested a drug peddler from the Masjid Bunder area and recovered high-quality charas," the Mumbai Police said.
The accused, identified as Hussain Abdullah Shirgaonkar (aged 48) and is a resident of Mumbra, Thane.
A senior police official said that the investigation into the matter was started following a case registered against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Shirgaonkar was produced in court, where the court sent him to police custody till November 8.