Pune: The anti-narcotics cell of the city police on Tuesday arrested one more suspect in the mephedrone drug seizure case. A team headed by senior inspector Ulhas Kadam on Tuesday arrested drug peddler Vishwanath Konapure (45) of Kalepadal in Hadapsar. Konapure hails from Solapur.
Three were arrested, and mephedrone and other articles worth Rs1.8 crore recovered on Friday evening in Adarsh Colony, Tingrenagar. Additional commissioner of police (crime) Shailesh Balkawade told TOI, “During the investigation oft the matter, we ascertained the role of Konapure and arrested him.
He was involved in drug peddling.” Srinivas Godaze (21) and Rohit Bende (22), both second-year students of BBA at a city-based college, and Nimesh Abnave, who holds a degree in mechanical engineering, were arrested on Friday. “Abnave ran the racket.
Konapure worked for him,” Balkawade said. We also published the following articles recently Gujarat ATS busts drugs units, arrests four The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) conducted a raid in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, uncovering a mephedrone manufacturing operation. Officials seized 793.
23kg of liquid MD valued at approximately Rs 800 crore and detained two suspects. Give info on drug peddlers preying on schools, will act Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that Goas Anti-Narcotics Cell will meet with legislators to address concerns about drug availability in schools. He highlighted a significant improvement in the state's crime statistics, including a doubling of the conviction rate in 2023.
Sawant also mentioned initiatives like e-prosecution and a Special Investigation Team to combat various crimes. Police arrest 11 accused in YSRCP leader murder case at Nandyal On Wednesday, the Nandyal rural police arrested 11 individuals involved in the murder of YSRCP leader Pasupuleti Subba Rayudu, which took place on August 4 in Mahanandi mandal's Sitaramapuram village. The suspects, all aides of local TDP leader Budda Reddy Srinivasa Reddy, were apprehended near Nandyal-Chapirevula road, heightening the political tension between ruling TDP and YSRCP.
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