Mumbai Police, which busted more than seven mephedrone (MD) factories in the last two years, seized drugs worth INR 485 crore in the first nine months. 860 cases have been registered in this regard and 1010 accused have been arrested. This year, the highest amount of INR 450 crore has been seized by the MD Police in various activities. During the same period last year, only INR 62 crore worth of drugs were seized.
5090 persons consuming drugs have been arrested in Mumbai Police operation. There has been a decrease in anti-narcotics operations this year as compared to last year and in the same period last year (till September), drugs worth INR 62.57 crore were seized in Mumbai. Compared to that, the value of drugs seized this year is more.
In the last nine months, 538 cannabis-related cases have been reported. In these cases, the police arrested 561 persons and seized marijuana worth INR 2.56 crore. 191 cases of possession and sale of MD have been registered. 275 persons have been arrested in it. Also MD worth INR 449 crore was seized. 31 cases related to hashish were reported. 37 arrests were made and drugs worth INR 12.89 crore were seized. Meanwhile, 28 cases related to heroin and 12 cases related to cocaine have been registered. 40 and 18 persons were arrested respectively. Police have seized heroin worth INR 7.41 crore and cocaine worth INR 12.33 crore.
In the last two years, the Mumbai Police has seized 2,635 kg of MD, which is worth INR 5,243 crore and 67 lakh rupees. In this operation, one each in Nashik, Solapur, Nalasopara, Kolhapur and two MD manufacturing factories in Gujarat were destroyed. This is a record action so far. Mumbai Police has registered 495 cases related to smuggling and sale of MD in these two years. A total of 718 accused were arrested in these crimes. In 2018, Mumbai Police seized MD worth INR 3 crores in 2019, INR 5 crores 21 lakhs in 2020, INR 32 crores 29 lakhs in 2021 have been confiscated.
Meanwhile, MD's sales had increased tremendously since 2010. But it was not declared banned in India. Due to this, it was difficult for the police to take action. So the police started taking action against the MD sellers under Section 328 of IPC. Section 328 means supply or sale of poison. Therefore, temporary action was being taken against the sellers. But the crime was not proved in the court. Finally, on the initiative of the then police officer Suhas Gokhale, who was working in the anti-narcotics squad between 2014-15, a proposal was made to declare MD as a narcotic drug. He was sent to the Centre. Subsequently, in February 2015, MD was declared a narcotic drug under the Narcotics Control Act.
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