Police seizes MD, cocaine, two men held

Mumbai: In two separate incidents, the Dongri police seized banned narcotics mephedrone and cocaine from two persons early on Sunday. The duo was arrested later. In the first instance, the police seized 20.84 gram of mephedrone, also known as MD and meow meow, and in the second raid, seized cocaine weighing 4.38 gram. The market value of the seized MD is said to be Rs 42,000 while the seized cocaine is believed to be worth Rs 9,600.

The police received a tip-off that two people said to be middlemen had come to the venues that were raided to sell the drugs when they were arrested.

In the first incident, the police raided a house on IM Merchant Road in Khadak area of Dongri and another on Shiv Das Chapsi Marg.

 Nitin Bangale, senior police inspector, Dongri police station, said the raid was conducted late on Saturday night. “We received a tip that some people were selling contraband in two houses in the area. So we formed separate teams and raided the place,” he said. From the first house, the police seized 20.84 grams of MD, which is said to be worth Rs 42,000 in the market. The arrested accused in possession of MD has been identified as Jason Mohammed Siddique (34).

“The second raid was conducted in Valpakhadi area of Dongri and we seized cocaine worth Rs 9,600,” he said. The second arrested person is Mahendra Jaiswal (45). According to a police source both the arrested accused persons had come to the said house, which they had rented to sell drugs. “They are from Mumbai but would come to the raided house for drug sale and the same was the case last night. We are trying to access their call data records to see who they were going to sell it to and also try to find out who they bought the drug from,” said the source. He added that the police is also checking whether these people were part of a bigger cartel and is trying to trace the others.

The arrested accused have been booked under various sections of the NDPS Act.