Woman held with contraband stuff worth Rs 64 lakh

In its crackdown on drug peddlers, the Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the city crime branch has arrested a 35-yearold woman and seized contraband substances worth Rs 64 lakh. The woman has been identified as Najma Ahmed Shaikh, a resident of Mahim. From her, the police have so far seized cannabis worth Rs 54 lakh along with mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 10 lakh.

According to the police, Ghatkopar unit of ANC received a specific information that a woman drug peddler would come near Patwardhan Garden at Linking Road in Bandra on Friday. Accordingly a trap was laid and ANC sleuths apprehended Shaikh af ter her movements found suspicious. During her search, 100 grams of MD worth Rs 10 lakh was recovered. Following the seizure, Shaikh was arrested under the relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).