Chandrapur: 28-year-old held with 6.73 g of MD powder, says he brought it from Nagpur

The Local Crime Branch (LCB) in Chandrapur has arrested a 28-year-old man in the Jamunjetty area of the city in an MD drugs case. The action took place on 21 October. According to police, 6.730 grams of MD (mephedrone) powder, a mobile phone and cash were seized from him. The total value of the seized items is Rs 42,310.

Police said the accused told interrogators that he had brought the consignment from Nagpur. A case has been registered at Chandrapur City police station under the NDPS Act, and the investigation is continuing.

Police said Chandrapur Police have stepped up a special campaign against drug peddlers to protect the younger generation from drugs and to curb illegal trade. Under this campaign, an LCB team laid a trap in the Jamunjetty area, opposite the Hanuman temple and near the MSEDCL office, and caught a drug seller.

According to police, the LCB team was on patrol in Chandrapur city on 21 October 2026. During this, a informant gave firm information that a man from the Ramala Talab area was coming to Jamunjetty to sell MD drugs powder. Treating the information as serious, police acted immediately.

Under the guidance of senior officers, the team cordoned off the spot. As per the description given by the informant, a suspect wearing a white full-sleeved shirt with brown specks and black full-length trousers was seen arriving. Police surrounded him from all sides and took him into custody. On questioning, he gave his name as Shanawaz alias Shanu Ismail Sheikh. He is 28 years old and lives near Ahmadiya Masjid, Ramala Talab, Chandrapur.

Following the provisions of the NDPS Act, a legal search of the accused was then carried out in the presence of a gazetted officer, panch witnesses and a government weights-and-measures official. According to police, white MD (mephedrone) powder in a plastic packet, a used Oppo A5 Pro mobile phone and cash were found in his trouser pocket. A drug testing kit was used on the spot, and the powder tested positive for MD.

Police gave this account of the seized items: 6.730 grams of MD powder worth Rs 20,190, a mobile phone worth Rs 20,000 and cash of Rs 2,120, a total of Rs 42,310. According to police, in the preliminary investigation the accused confessed that he had brought this stock of drugs from Nagpur to sell in Chandrapur.

A case has been registered against the accused at Chandrapur City police station under Sections 8(c) and 22(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act). Police are now investigating in depth who else is involved in the smuggling.

The operation was carried out under the guidance of Chandrapur Superintendent of Police Ayush Nopani and Additional Superintendent of Police Ishwar Katkade. It was led by LCB Police Inspector Amol Kachore, with Assistant Police Inspectors Yogesh Hiwase and Balram Jhadokar, Sub-Inspectors Vinod Bhurle and Sunil Gaurkar, and police personnel Satish Awathare, Lalu Yadav, Inam Khan, Sandeep Kamble, Hiralal Gupta, Kishor Wakate and Shashank Badamwar. Assistant Sub-Inspector Mujawar Ali of the cyber police station was also on the team.