Mumbai police bust major heroin network, 9 arrested, drugs worth Rs 34 crore seized

Mumbai police have cracked a major heroin supply network in Oshiwara , western Mumbai, arresting nine individuals and seizing 8.73 kilograms of heroin valued at around Rs 33.86 crore, officials said on Friday.

The investigation began on December 16 when a Pydhonie police team apprehended Jalaram Thakkar (37) and Wasim Sayyad (27) from the Majid Bunder area with 326.22 grams of heroin worth Rs 1.47 crore. Interrogation revealed that the contraband was sourced from Rubina Khan , who in turn disclosed her supplier as Shabnam Shaikh , later arrested in Ajmer, Rajasthan.

Further inquiry led to the arrest of a teenager, Muskan Shaikh , from Masjid Bunder. On December 24, Abdul Kadir Shaikh, sent by Meharban Ali to deliver drugs to Muskan, was also detained.

A subsequent raid at Meharban Ali’s flat in Anand Nagar, Oshiwara, uncovered three individuals - Nawajis Galib Khan, Sarik Mohammed Salim Salmani, and Samad Galib Khan - actively making drug packets. The heroin recovered from this operation was valued at nearly Rs 33.86 crore.

Police officials confirmed that investigations are ongoing to apprehend remaining members of this extensive drug trafficking network.