MD drugs worth ₹25 lakh seized in Naranpura, five arrested

Updated: Nov 21st, 2024


The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the crime branch seized 256.860 grams of mephedrone (MD drugs) worth an estimated ₹25 lakh. SOG arrested five during this raid, while complaints were filed against seven.

In a late-night raid on Tuesday at Elephanta Society near a Jain temple in Naranpura, SOG seized the drugs from the residence of Jignesh Pandya.

SOG Deputy Commissioner Jayrajsinh Vala had an intel that Mustakim Sheikh, a resident of Fatehwadi area, was involved in drug peddling.

He was getting drug supplies from Mohammad Khan, a resident of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, and was keeping them at Jignesh Pandya’s apartment in Naranpura. 

Based on this information, the police raided the apartment and arrested Mohammad Khan, Mustakim Sheikh, Dhruv Patel, Mohammad Sheikh, and Abrar Khan Pathan.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the apartment owner, Pandya, was also a drug peddler. He would provide his apartment as a meeting place for drug deals. SOG is further investigating the case.

A seizure of 93,691 kilograms of drugs, 2,229 litres of liquid drugs, and 73,163 drug pills and injections have been seized in Gujarat in the last five years, indicating a larger problem that the ‘dry state’ is dealing with. 

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