Mumbai: Police arrest drug peddler with high-quality charas; accused in custody till Nov 8

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Mumbai Police arrested a drug peddler from the Masjid Bunder area of Maharashtra and recovered high-quality charas drugs worth Rs 2 crore 40 lakh from him, police officials said on Sunday.

"The Worli Unit of the Anti-Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police arrested a drug peddler from the Masjid Bunder area and recovered high-quality charas," the Mumbai Police said.

The accused, identified as Hussain Abdullah Shirgaonkar (aged 48) and is a resident of Mumbra, Thane.

A senior police official said that the investigation into the matter was started following a case registered against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

Shirgaonkar was produced in court, where the court sent him to police custody till November 8.

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