Kolhapur : Two individuals were arrested in Kolhapur for possession of a banned mephedrone (MD) drug, worth Rs3.09 lakh and weighing around 103g, which was seized by police.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Ganesh Suresh Adekar (29), a resident of Ganeshnagar, Ichalkaranji, and Sad Munir Mulla (22) from Shivajinagar, Korochi.
We will dig deeper into the racket and investigate links related to the drug trade,” said Gorakh Choudhar, police inspector of Peth Vadgaon police station. The cops also found glassware and glass tubes that are generally used to inhale the drug in vapourised form, a pocket electronic weighing scale and lighters. The third accused is from Nipani in Belagavi district of Karnataka. All three have been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Arms Act at Peth Vadgaon police station. The police are investigating from where the drug was sourced by the accused. The cops suspect that the two arrested individuals were out to sell the MD drug. “The court has given us the custody of the accused for five days.
Upon receiving information, police from Jaysingpur division laid a trap at Chavare village in Hatkanangle tehsil on Sunday and stopped an SUV vehicle with no number plate, in which two individuals were carrying the drug, along with 10g ganja and a pistol with four live rounds.