**Navi Mumbai Police Arrest Two Men Near Ghansoli Railway Station, Seize Narcotics Worth Rs 72 Lakh**
Late Thursday night, Koparkhairane Police apprehended two men near Ghansoli railway station and confiscated 182.12 grams of mephedrone (MD) valued at Rs 72 lakh. Along with the narcotics, a Kia Sonet car worth Rs 13.5 lakh was also seized in the operation.
The arrests came after police received a tip-off about narcotics being sold near the station. Acting on this information, a crime detection team, led by Assistant Police Inspector Abhijit More, laid a trap opposite Central Park around 11:45 p.m.
At that time, two men arrived in a Kia Sonet and began acting suspiciously, prompting the police to detain them. Upon searching the suspects, officers recovered 112.38 grams of MD worth Rs 44 lakh from Nikhil Rajkumar Vagase, 32, a resident of Dombivli East. Additionally, 69.74 grams of MD valued at Rs 28 lakh was found on his associate, Masud Abdul Salam Khan, 40, originally from Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, and residing in Kausa Gumbra.
In total, drugs worth Rs 72 lakh were seized during the operation.
Senior Police Inspector Umesh Gawli confirmed the seizure and stated that the Kia Sonet car used for transporting the drugs, along with transparent plastic packets, were also confiscated. “We are investigating the source of the narcotics and the network involved in this supply,” he added.
The accused were produced in court and remanded to five days of police custody for further investigation.
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