Pune: The anti-narcotics cell of the city police has arrested three men on the charge of possessing mephedrone worth Rs94.3 lakh among other articles collectively worth Rs1.8 crore from near Adarsh colony at Tingrenagar in Vishrantwadi on Friday.
The suspects have been identifed as Srinivas Godaze (21) and Rohit Bende (22), who are second-year BBA students, and Nimesh Abnave, who holds a degree in mechanical engineering. On Saturday, the police produced the trio before a magisterial court, which ordered their custodial remand till Aug 16. Senior inspector Ulhas Kadam and his team were on foot patrol between Sawant petrol station and 509 Chowk in Tingrenagar, when they saw Godaze and Bende waiting around a bike suspiciously allegedly for the arrival of a prospective customer.
On spotting the policemen, the duo tried to escape and were overpowered. Police frisked them and recovered mephedrone (MD) worth Rs1.9 lakh.
During questioning, the duo revealed the involvement of main suspect Abnave, who was arrested from Tingrenagar. His car was searched and MD in a huge quantity was recovered . The total value of the narcotics and other articles —including the car, bike, four cell phones and two weighing machines — was pegged at Rs1.
8 crore. A complaint under the Narcotics Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act was registered with the Vishrantwadi police. We also published the following articles recently Chittoor police recover 330 stolen mobile phones worth Rs 70 lakh Chittoor district police successfully recovered 330 stolen and lost mobile phones worth approximately Rs.
70 lakh in a special drive. In total, 2030 mobile phones worth Rs. 4.
3 crore have been recovered over seven phases. The recovered phones were returned to their rightful owners. SP VN Manikanta Chandol commended the efforts of the team led by additional SP Arifulla.
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His custody status remains unclear. Bengaluru techie couple loses Rs 1.53 crore in trading scam, how police recovered Rs 1.
4 crore from 50 accounts A Bengaluru couple managed to recover Rs 1.4 crore of Rs 1.53 crore lost in an online trading scam.
The local police, through investigation and coordination with banks, identified and froze over 50 accounts involved. Citizens are advised to be cautious of unsolicited investment offers and report suspicious activity immediately..
