Lokmat News Network
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
The city crime branch has arrested a youth who was selling costly drugs like MD (mephedrone) at high-profile parties while working at a mobile shop, along with the addict who engaged him in the racket. The accused have been identified as Shaikh Aftab (19, Bhoi Wada) and Shaikh Irfan (Abrar Colony, Beed Bypass).
Acting on instructions from police commissioner Pravin Pawar and deputy commissioner Ratnakar Nawale to crack down firmly on drug trafficking networks, the crime branch has intensified action over the past 10 days against traffickers, users, and their associates. During the investigation, assistant police commissioner Ravikant Gachhe received information that Aftab would be arriving near the wall behind City Club, close to Amkhas Maidan, to sell mephedrone-like drug powder. A trap was laid on Friday night, and Aftab was apprehended. Police seized 20 grams of mephedrone and an expensive mobile phone from him.
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Assigned to procure MD from Bhiwandi
Investigations revealed that Irfan, who lives on Beed Bypass, had appointed Aftab to procure drugs from Bhiwandi. Aftab was sent to Mumbai every 15 days to bring drugs from a trafficker named Irfan, for which he was paid a commission, police said.