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MUMBAI: A 32-year-old man having 19 criminal cases against him has been arrested following seizure of mephedrone, a banned drug, worth Rs 21 lakh from his possession in Mumbai, a police official said on Sunday.
The accused, Abdul Aziz Abdul Hamid Shaikh, was nabbed on Saturday from 90 Feet Road in Dharavi area when he started running away after seeing officials of the police's anti- narcotics cell (ANC) patrolling there, he said.
Sleuths of the ANC's Worli unit caught him and seized 210 gm of mephedrone worth around Rs 21 lakh from his possession, the official said.
Mephedrone, also known as MD, is a synthetic stimulant and banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.