12 May,2025 12:55 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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The police on Monday said that a 48-year-old medical sales representative from Rajasthan has been arrested for alleged possession of codeine powder worth Rs 2 crore in Maharashtra's Thane city, reported news agency PTI.
Based on a tip-off, a team from the Anti-Narcotics Cell raided a hotel near Thane railway station on May 9 and apprehended the accused, Suresh Parmar, an official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI.
He said the team found more than 1 kg of codeine, an opiate in powder form, which had arrived via a courier service from Jodhpur in Parmar's possession, a medical sales representative, reported PTI.
The seized contraband was worth Rs 2 crore, the official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime.
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The official said the accused has been arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and a probe is underway to find out where the banned substance was sourced from and to whom it was to be sold.
In another incident, two persons have been arrested in Gujarat's Surat city with hybrid ganja valued at Rs 60 lakh, police said Sunday, reported PTI.
Acting on a tip-off about drugs, a crime branch team raided a flat in a Gujarat Housing Board building in the city's Pandesara locality on the night of May 9, a police official said.
The team arrested two persons and recovered around 2 kg of hybrid ganja from them, he said.
Hybrid ganja refers to cannabis (marijuana) strains that are a mix of both indica and sativa varieties.
A probe is underway to find out where the drug, valued at about Rs 60 lakh, was procured from and to whom it was going to be supplied, the official said, reported PTI.
The accused, Aditya Singh and Piyush Patel, are natives of Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh and Indore in Madhya Pradesh, respectively, and both lived in Surat, the police said, reported PTI.
A case was registered against the duo under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
(With inputs from PTI)
