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Mumbai: Four Persons, Including Two Nigerians, Held With Mephedrone Worth Rs 2.2 Cr

Mumbai Crime Branch officﷺials identified the two as Mahendra Chandra Singh (40) and Sayed Murtuza Fahmi (37).

Two arrested allegedly with mephedrone
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Two persons 🍷were arrested allegedly with mephedrone worth Rs 2.04 crore in Verso🎐va in Andheri West, a Mumbai Crime Branch official said on Saturday.

He identified the two as Mahendra Chandra Singh (40) and Sayed Murtuza Fahmi (37). "Singh works as a delivery man in a catering firm. He was checked by Crime Branch officials on Friday on suspicion and 1.02 kilogram of mephedrone worth Rs 2.04 cror𓆏e was found with him. He said he was to deliver the consignment to ꦇSayed," the official said.

Sayed's brother has also been arrested earlier i𝓀n a case being probed by the Narcotics Control Bureau, the official said. Meanwhile, two Nigerians were arrested by Mumbai police's Anti Narcotics Cell from Aarey area of Goregaon with mephedrone worth Rs 17.40 lakh.

♏They allegedly supplied drugs in Vasai, Virar and Nalasopara areas of neighbouring Palghar district, an official said.