Lalit Patil case: Mumbai Police seizes 20 kg MD drug worth Rs 40 cr from Nashik
Oct 25, 2023
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 25 : Mumbai Police have seized 20 Kg of mephedrone (MD) drug, allegedly dumped by drug mafia member Lalit Patil's driver Sachin Wagh, from a waterbody in Nashik, officials said on Wednesday.
A team from the Saki Naka police in Mumbai carried out a search operation to recover the drug packets in the multi-crore mephedrone drug racket seizure case.
As per police, the seized drugs are valued at around Rs 40 crore are said to be dumped by Wagh into the Girna river in Deola taluka of Nashik district.
Earlier on Monday, Mumbai's Andheri Court extended drug mafia member Lalit Patil's police custody till October 27.
Patil was arrested last week from Chennai after his escape on October 2 from Pune's Sassoon General Hospital.
Lalit Patil was behind the multi-crore mephedrone racket that was busted by the Pimpri-Chinchwad police in 2020.
