Charas worth 56L seized from Malad

In its crackdown against the drug peddlers, the crime branch unit 12 has arrested a 21-year-old man with charas worth Rs 56 lakh on Thursday. The accused has been identified as Suraj Yadav alias Potya, a resident of Kurar in Malad. During night petrolling on Thursday at Appapada in Kurar, the crime branch team spotted a notorious drug peddler Kisan Gaud alias Sathe. As the police team tried to nab him, he ran away and escaped, however the police team managed to nab his aide Yadav. The police have seized 1.8 kgs of charas worth Rs 56.60 lakh in international market from him, said police. In an another operation, crime branch unit 3 seized 21 kg of cannabis on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off crime branch sleuth laid a trap near Mahalaxmi Racecourse and apprehended one Sahil Jalauddin, a resident of Ullhasnagar. During search, cannabis worth Rs 4.5 lakh were recovered.