PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police have arrested one more person in connection with the October 7 seizure of 20kg of mephedrone worth Rs 20 crore in Chakan, taking the total arrests in the case so far to 21.
The latest suspect, Lalit Patil (32), was arrested in Nashik. Police also seized Rs25 lakh from Patil, whose name had come up during the interrogation of three suspects arrested in Vadodara, Gujarat, on December 5.
“The trio gave Patil the cash to engage lawyers,” Pimpri Chinchwad police commissioner Krishna Prakash said. A local court has remanded Patil in police custody till December 22.