Nagpur: Mohammad Sohail Akhtar (28), a solar panel and scrap dealer from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, who has a monthly turnover of more than Rs 2.5 lakh as per income tax returns, turned to inter-state drug peddling to meet his addiction. did. Mephedrone (MD) drugs. MD medicines worth more than Rs 7.17 lakh were found from him in Nagpur on Monday.
Sohail, who was due to get married in November this year and his sister too, was caught with his partner Nitin Karingwar at a lodge in Cotton Market, when he was planning to leave the place. Three mobile phones have also been recovered from both of them.
City police officials underlined the fact that this was the first time that a consignment of MD medicine from Raipur had arrived in the city on record. Earlier the seized MD drugs were brought to the city from Mumbai.
City police chief Amitesh Kumar said a random sweeping drive was conducted across the city to check for narcotics or banned substances in pubs, beer bars, permit rooms and even at parties, but confiscated the consignment after an input Gaya.
“We now intend to delve deeper into the roots of this racket to find out their network and supply chains,” said CP earlier to TOI on drugs, especially MD, ganja and sedative pills like alprazolam tablets. But told about his plan to crack down. pharmacies
Under Kumar’s leadership till September this year, MD drugs worth over Rs 50 lakh were confiscated following the arrest of 23 people.
In the latest action, it has been learned that Sohail earlier lived in Nagpur and knew Karingwar earlier.
Police said Karingwar worked with event managers and sold balloons at parties. Police said their role as MD suppliers to event managers could not be ruled out.
In the latest raid, the Crime Branch’s Special Anti-Narcotics Team comprising Senior PI Sarin Durg, Assistant PI Suraj Suroshe, Preeti Kulmethe, Head Constable Pradeep Pawar, Nitin Mishra and Rajesh Deshmukh entered the room where Sohail and Karingwar were discussing their plans. Were were .
The police have detained Sohail and Karingwar till October 8.
Sohail, who was due to get married in November this year and his sister too, was caught with his partner Nitin Karingwar at a lodge in Cotton Market, when he was planning to leave the place. Three mobile phones have also been recovered from both of them.
City police officials underlined the fact that this was the first time that a consignment of MD medicine from Raipur had arrived in the city on record. Earlier the seized MD drugs were brought to the city from Mumbai.
City police chief Amitesh Kumar said a random sweeping drive was conducted across the city to check for narcotics or banned substances in pubs, beer bars, permit rooms and even at parties, but confiscated the consignment after an input Gaya.
“We now intend to delve deeper into the roots of this racket to find out their network and supply chains,” said CP earlier to TOI on drugs, especially MD, ganja and sedative pills like alprazolam tablets. But told about his plan to crack down. pharmacies
Under Kumar’s leadership till September this year, MD drugs worth over Rs 50 lakh were confiscated following the arrest of 23 people.
In the latest action, it has been learned that Sohail earlier lived in Nagpur and knew Karingwar earlier.
Police said Karingwar worked with event managers and sold balloons at parties. Police said their role as MD suppliers to event managers could not be ruled out.
In the latest raid, the Crime Branch’s Special Anti-Narcotics Team comprising Senior PI Sarin Durg, Assistant PI Suraj Suroshe, Preeti Kulmethe, Head Constable Pradeep Pawar, Nitin Mishra and Rajesh Deshmukh entered the room where Sohail and Karingwar were discussing their plans. Were were .
The police have detained Sohail and Karingwar till October 8.
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