NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEP 27
Two persons were arrested on Monday and mephedrone, a banned drug, worth Rs 26 lakh was seized from them in Banaskantha district, a police officer said.
A team of the Special Operations Group (SOG) nabbed the two persons from Banaskantha’s Palanpur city, located about 150 km from Ahmedabad, while they were on way to Rajasthan from here in a private bus, he said.
Acting on a tip-off, the SOG team searched the bus and apprehended the two accused, Gorkharam Jat and Jogaram Jat, both hailing from Barmer in Rajasthan, and seized 260 gm of the contraband worth Rs 26 lakh from their possession, the official said.
Mephedrone, also known as ”meow meow” or MD, is a synthetic stimulant.
The accused have been booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the officer said.
