Pune, Jul 19 (PTI) The anti-narcotic cell of Pune police along with Military Intelligence (MI) unit of the Army’s Southern Command has arrested two men with narcotic substances worth more than Rs 2.87 lakh, an official said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off from the MI unit, a joint team placed Abhinav Pradeep Gupta (22), a resident of Shivane, and Irshad Iftikar Sheikh (27), a resident of Kondhwa, under surveillance for suspected involvement in drug trafficking.
The duo were intercepted in Kondhwa on Friday evening and 10.21 gm of MD or mephedrone valued at Rs 2.04 lakh, 8.32 gm of OG (high-grade variety of marijuana) worth Rs 83,000 and some ganja were recovered from their possession, the police official said.
The team also seized an SUV and three mobile phones.
A case was registered at Kondhwa Police Station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Further investigation is underway to trace the source of the drugs and ascertain if the accused are linked to a larger drug network, the official said. PTI SPK KRK
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