The NCB seized 28 kilos of cannabis worth Rs 40 lakh from the car of an alleged drug supplier. The accused was allegedly supplying drugs for over five years. The drugs were on the way was on from Odisha to Thane and Mumbai.?
They were tipped about the accused and laid a trap in Badlapur, Thane, on April 25. They took drug supplier Jaybharat Rathod into custody.
On searching their suspect along with his car, the officers found five packets full of cannabis wrapped in plastic tape under the bonnet.?
They also found 9 more packers in a cavity the accused made on the rear side of the car.?
Each packet 2 kilos of marijuana. Rathod admitted he was a peddler and told the cops that Sunil Bhandari was the main supplier.?
Bhandari distributed it to small peddlers in Thane and Mumbai, as per a report in Hindustan Times.