NCB seizes drugs, cash; apprehends 3

Mumbai, April 18: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) apprehended three persons in two operations in Mumbai and Thane and seized 220 grams of MD drug, 43 kg ganja and Rs 20 lakh cash, an official said on Sunday.
These operations were conducted in Mumbai city and Badlapur town in neighbouring Thane district on Saturday and Sunday, he said.
In the first operation, the NCB seized 165 grams of MD from Sarfaraz Querashi alias Pappy, a resident of Agripada, the official said.
“During the search of his house, Rs 2 lakh cash, the proceeds of drugs, were recovered,” he said, adding that in the past, Sarfaraz had been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai police, he said.
During his spot interrogation, it came to light that the recovered MD was supplied to him by one Sameer Suleman Shama, a resident of Nagpada. (PTI)