The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/anti-narcotics-cell-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Anti-Narcotics Cell</a> (ANC) of the Thane city police in Maharashtra has seized banned drugs worth nearly Rs 55 lakh and registered 13 cases under the NDPS Act so far this year, an official said on Friday.
According to senior inspector <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/maharashtra-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Sanjay Shinde</a> of the ANC, 35 people have been arrested between January 1 and July 13 across the Thane city police commissionerate comprising five divisions, PTI reported.
Sharing details of their operations, he said ANC has seized 90 kg of ganja worth Rs 17.3 lakh and arrested three persons.
It confiscated nearly 442 grams of mephedrone worth Rs 24.2 lakh in five cases and took 16 people into custody, he said.
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The ANC also seized banned gutkha worth Rs 8.2 lakh and electronic cigarettes worth Rs 4.8 lakh, he added. (PTI)

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