Wada cops seize pills worth Rs 28 crore

The Wada police along with the Ahmedabad ATS raided a bungalow in a village in Palghar district on Thursday morning and seized 550 kg Mandrax tablets worth around Rs 28 crore. Two persons have been arrested under the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances Act,1985. The two accused will be produced before the Wada court on Friday.

Confirming the seizure, Sharda Raut, district superintendent of police (SP), Palghar, said that he along with the Ahmedabad ATS had raided a bungalow located in a farm in Gaurapur village in Wada, Palghar district and seized the material. The owner, Vivekananda alias Vivek Rajaram Kubal has been arrested from Nalla Sopara on Thursday afternoon along with another accomplice, Ms Raut said. “We have also seized machinery, chemicals (acid) and other materials which was used to manufacture Mandrax tablets,” she said.

“We are questioning the accused Kubal and we believe more arrests will be made in this connection, as Kubal cannot act alone in the manufacture of the Mandrax tablets,” she added.

Police sources said the tablets were to be distributed in Mumbai, Delhi and North Indian cities and also part of the consignment were to be smuggled into Pakistan though the police is still interrogating the main accused.