The Mumbai Zonal Unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) a team from the agency on Thursday seized a total of 2.029 kg Mephedrone and 160 grams Ephedrine.
Providing details of the operation, DRI Mumbai Zonal Director Sameer Wankhade IRS said the federal agency searched the house of alleged peddler Shahrukh Bullet at Kasam Nagar in Andheri West in Mumbai and recovered the drugs and currencies.
“During the raids in Lokhandwala, Versova and Mira Road areas last night MDMA drugs worth Rs 2 crore and some very expensive cars have been recovered,” informed NCB.
NCB further said that it has also recovered a money counting machine in the raid.
Shadab Batata has been associated with the drug business for a long time and used to supply drugs to Bollywood celebrities in Mumbai.
Shadab Batata is a notorious drug trafficker operating in the Western suburbs of Andheri, Versova, Oshiwara, Mira Road etc. Known to supply drugs to celebrities, he was earlier booked in an NDPS Case in the year 2018 by the ANC, Thane and is presently on bail.
The NCB also raided the den of a peddler Merchant in Dongri, south Mumbai, and nabbed an associate along with a commercial quantity of codeine-based syrup. Merchant’s gang is said to be active in south Mumbai, said Wankhede.
