A student who transported drugs from Manali, Himachal Pradesh, to the capital of Maharashtra under the guise of hiking has been detained by the Borivali Police in Mumbai.
The student gave the Borivali ATC team some Manali ‘Charas’ (hashish) worth Rs. 150,000. The police in Borivali are now searching for a major drug dealer in Manali after learning that the student used to smuggle drugs from Manali to Mumbai to sell to his fellow classmates.
A senior officer of Borivali police station said that yesterday when the ATC team was patrolling in the Borivali area around 4.30 pm, some people were seen in suspicious condition near Neel Tower Society in Borivali Govind Nagar area.
“When the person was taken into custody and investigated, some packets of drugs were found in his possession and when the police examined them, it was found that it was Manali drugs of high quality,” the police said.
When questioned and investigated, it was found that a student who is a resident of Mumbai’s Kandivali Poisar area was involved in the drug business for a long time.
When the police inquired him, it was found that the student goes to Manali on the pretext of trekking and from there he brings the consignment of drugs to Mumbai to his fellow students he used to supply, the police said.
