Dahanu drug racket accused had fooled cops a year ago

The Amboli police while interrogating the four accused involved in manufacturing mephedrone or meow meow, a recreational drug, at a Dahanu farmhouse revealed that a year back, a police team had raided their drug den in Dapchari in Palghar district but they had managed to fool the police.

The accused fooled the police by claiming that it was a medicine manufacturing plant. They also invested the money acquired from the drug business into real estate. The police are now probing this money trail as well.

On August 25, Amboli police team led by Assistant Police Inspector, Daya Naik had arrested Valsad resident Sanyal Bane, 33, Baba Gafoor Chaudhary, 37, and Ahmad Abdul Rauf,41, for allegedly producing mephedrone inside the farmhouse for the past four months. The police seized 900 grams of drug worth Rs 18 lakh. Moreover, the police have also seized raw materials which could have led to production of another 65 kg of mephedrone.

Bharat Gaikwad, Senior Police Inspector, Amboli police station said, "So far, they had managed to sell 10 kg of mephedrone and the accused have been arrested under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. They have been remanded into police custody up to September 1. We are probing if other persons are involved in the drug racket."