27-05-2025
Drug racket operating as goat farm at Karjat farmhouse busted
The Mumbai police busted a drug racket that was operating under the guise of a goat farm at a bungalow in Karjat. In the past two months, police also arrested six people from whom they recovered Mephedrone worth Rs 25 crore.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (zone VI) Navnath Dhawale, the RCF police in Chembur arrested one person with 45 grams of Mephedrone on March 19.
During the course of the investigation, police arrested five other people from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, who sold the contraband to the accused arrested from Chembur. On May 15, the police recovered 6.6kg of Mephedrone worth Rs 13.37 crores in the international market.
The anti narcotic squad set up by the zonal DCP then questioned the five accused who revealed that the contraband was prepared at the Salvi farmhouse in Karjat in Raigad.
The accused told the police that Sonu Pathan, who in the past has been arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), was using the front of a goat farm for producing the drug and also took a bungalow on rent.
'Having goats at the farmhouse also ensured that the foul smell emanating from the production of Mephedrone did not go out. When our team reached the spot, there were nearly 10 goats at the farmhouse,' Dhawale said.
Based on this, the police team raided the farmhouse on Tuesday and arrested Sonu Pathan from there. The police found around 5 kg Mephedrone worth Rs 11 crore in the international market.
Police also found raw materials worth Rs 1 crore used to manufacture Mephedrone. An officer said that they are still looking for another accused who fled from the bungalow.
