Greater than two kilograms of banned mephedrone value Rs 2.03 crore was seized by the Surat metropolis Crime Department from three accused in Velanja space of Surat district on Sunday night, stated officers, including that a further 427 kg of a suspected drug was seized from a manufacturing unit in Ankleshwar in Bharuch district in a joint operation with the Bharuch district Particular Operations Group (SOG).
Three males, recognized as Montu Patel, Virat Patel and Vipul Patel have been arrested for transporting 2.031 kilograms of mephedrone in an SUV, stated the Surat Crime Department. The car has additionally been seized.
Surat Commissioner of Police Anupamsinh Gahlaut stated that one other workforce of the Crime Department, together with the Bharuch SOG, carried out a joint raid at Avasar Enterprise in Ankleshwar GIDC, on Sunday evening and seized 141 grams of MD medicine and a suspected contraband of 427 kilograms from the possession of accused Vishal Patel, who has been arrested in a separate case.
Police stated that the samples of the suspected contraband have been despatched to a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for affirmation.
The arrest of 4 folks in two circumstances registered below the Narcotic Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act comes per week after the Delhi Police and Gujarat Police, in a joint operation, had seized 500 kg of cocaine value Rs 5,000 crore from Avkar Drug Manufacturing unit in Ankleshwar and arrested 5 individuals.
A launch from the Surat Crime Department on Monday stated, “On Sunday, primarily based on an enter {that a} man named Vishal Patel was manufacturing MD medicine at a manufacturing unit, Avsar Enterprise, in Ankleshwar and three individuals have been to ship a consignment to him passing by Velanja, a watch was laid and the accused nabbed… In a simultaneous operation, Bharuch SOG and one other workforce of the Surat Crime Department additionally nabbed Vishal Patel with 141 gram MD and 427 kg suspected drug from a manufacturing unit at Ankleshwar,” it stated.
Two FIRs have been registered at Kamrej police station in Surat district in addition to at Ankleshwar GIDC police station in Bharuch below the NDPS Act.
