Thane, Jan 7 (PTI) Police have seized mephedrone valued at Rs 14.24 lakh and arrested a man in this connection in Maharashtra’s Thane district, officials said on Wednesday.
Based on specific information, the police intercepted the man, identified as Aman Tamin Gadkari (23), in the Kausa locality in the early hours of Tuesday and recovered 71.2 gm of mephedrone (MD), a banned synthetic drug, from his possession, senior police inspector Vijay Kumar Deshmukh said.
The accused, a resident of Mumbra, was carrying the contraband with the intention of selling it in the area, he said.
A case has been registered against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the police added. PTI COR GK
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