Thane woman, working as house help, caught with drugs worth Rs 14 lakh

Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman who worked as a domestic help after seizing MD drug (mephedrone) valued at rupees 14 lakh from her in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Thursday.

Naushin Mainuddin Sheikh, a resident of Mumbra, was apprehended on Tuesday evening when she was found moving in a suspicious manner on a road near a defunct hotel in Ulhasnagar, an official from Hill Line police station said.

She was stopped and during checking, the police found her in possession of 71.03 grams of MD (mephedrone), a synthetic drug banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he said.

The estimated market value of the seized contraband is Rupees 14,31,120, the official said.

During interrogation, the accused claimed she had procured the drug for sale from a resident of Nala Sopara in neighbouring Palghar district and efforts were on to nab him, the official added.

A case was registered against the accused under relevant sections of the NDPS Act.

"We are currently investigating the source of the contraband and its intended recipients," the official added.

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