Family of four booked for selling drugs to youngsters

Vadodara: An entire family of four, comprising parents and their son and daughter, have been booked for selling drugs to the youngsters in the city.
The prevention of crime branch (PCB) busted the racket late on Monday night and arrested 24-year-old Mohsina Munshi from a commercial complex on Old Padra Road. The accused revealed that her parents and brother too were involved in the drug selling racket. While brother Shaqib Munshi has been arrested, their parents are on the run.
“We had received a tip-off following which we nabbed Mohsina and her 21-year-old brother Shaqib and also seized some amount of marijuana from the complex. The duo revealed that they have been selling drugs for over a year as both have good network among the youngsters,” said Jatin Patel, police inspector, PCB.
Mohsina said that she came in contact with a man identified as Dilip when she was studying in Vidyanagar. Dilip told her that he buys drugs in large quantities from Madhya Pradesh and sells them in Gujarat. “Mohsina told her mother Zarina Munshi about it and they decided to become drug suppliers to earn some quick money. They also involved Abdullah Patel, Mohsina’s stepfather, in the trade,” Patel told TOI.
Both Mohsina and Shaqib began selling marijuana and charas among their contacts that included youngsters from decent and upper-middle class families too. As the business grew, Abdullah and Zarina began making trips to Anand to get supply of drugs. Zarina used to manage the drug stock at home, while Mohsina and Shaqib sold it.
The PCB also arrested two addicts — Meet Thakkar and Nupur Sehgal — who work for a multi-national company (MNC) in Gotri and were regular customers of Mohsina. They would buy drugs from her and sell it further among their friends.
“We raided Mohsina’s house in Tandalja and seized about 560gm marijuana and 10gm charas,” Patel added.