Nagpur: The special cell of the crime branch intercepted around 58 gms of Mephedrone powder, known as MD in local parlance, worth more than Rs5.72 lakh from two peddlers who were bringing the consignment to the city in a car on Saturday.
The car, worth more than Rsfour lakh, and four mobile phones too have been seized from Sayyad Sajjad alias Sadam Liyaquat Ali and his accomplice Vinek Sandekar.
The team was led by senior inspector Sarthak Nehete, APIs Bajirao Kurel and Suraj Suroshe under the supervision of Addl CP Sunil Phulari and DCP Gajanan Rajmane. It’s learnt that Ali and Sandekar had flown to Mumbai on February 16. They purchased a car in Mumbai and were bringing the consignment by road when they were trapped near gate number one of Ambajhari Ordnance Factory. Ali already has two offences registered against him.
An offence was registered at Wadi police station.