Meth worth ₹9.4 cr seized from Mumbai, Greater Noida Israeli national; two foreign women held
After the first seizure in Mumbai, the accused Israeli national revealed that he had purchased the ‘Methamphetamine’ drug from a factory in Greater Noida.
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), in collaboration with local police, dismantled an inter-state drug trafficking operation, apprehending an Israeli man and two foreign women, along with seizing ₹9.4 crore worth of Methamphetamine in Mumbai and Greater Noida. The Maharashtra ATS disclosed that 2050 grams of the drug, amounting to ₹4 crore, were intercepted from Bandra (East) in Mumbai, while another 2688 grams, valued at ₹5.4 crore, were seized from Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
The Israeli national, during questioning, disclosed purchasing the drug from a factory in Greater Noida. In response, a raid was conducted on the factory, uncovering drug manufacturing materials. The inter-state drug bust occurred following the seizure of 15 kg of Methamphetamine tablets worth ₹45 crore from an ambulance in Mizoram, with three individuals, including a woman posing as a patient, being arrested.
The Assam Rifles and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) conducted the raid in Seling area based on a tip-off, with the drug bust deemed one of the significant narcotics seizures in Assam. The seized items and the accused were handed over to the DRI for further investigation and legal proceedings under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
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