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The MMRDA recently called a tender seeking interested agencies to carry out the project, whose estimated cost is pegged at Rs 99.82 lakh, with an approximate timeline of one year, including the monsoon months.
The operations were conducted on Friday based on specific inputs that the narcotic drug was couriered from the USA. The NCB later also apprehended the actual receiver of the drug from the Tardeo area of south Mumbai, he said.
The BMC had started desilting work in April and set a deadline of May 15. Until now, 37 per cent of work in the city, 65 per cent in the eastern suburbs and 57 per cent in the western suburbs have been completed.
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Mumbai seized over 445 gm of hydroponic weed, cocaine, and cash in two separate raids.
Customs officials seized MDMA tablets and ganja worth Rs 1.61 lakh that arrived from the Netherlands at the Foreign Post Office in Chennai.