The police have seized narcotics worth around Rs 40 crore from a high-end car at Talasari in the district, a senior official said today.
The narcotics were seized last evening from the car, which was parked at a farm house Talasari, Palghar, Superintendent of Police Manjunath Shinge told reporters here.
On September 27, the district police arrested three persons from Manickpur of Vasai including a Nigerian, and seized over 2 kg ephedrine worth Rs 21.70 lakh, the official said.
A case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 was registered against the trio. They were produced in a local court which remanded them into police custody till October 7, the SP said.
It was during the interrogation that the trio revealed that the narcotics were stored in a car at a farm house in Talasari, he said.
The seized narcotics include 5.250 kg of high grade heroin, worth Rs 26 crore, around 25 kg high grade Isosafrole worth Rs 10 crore, and around 10 kg high grade catamine worth Rs 3.50 crore, the officer said.
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