Woman, 32, mother-in-law held for drug trafficking
MUMBAI, Nov. 9 -- The Kasturba Marg police on Friday arrested a 60-year-old woman and her 32-year-old daughter-in-law on drug trafficking charges, including using minor boys as mules.
Police identified the two accused as Rehana Abdul Hameed Mulani alias Rolly Appa (60) and her daughter-in-law Farida Mulani (32), both residents of Santosh Nagar in Daulat Nagar slum, Borivali East.
The duo had been absconding for the past two years in drug trafficking cases registered against them under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
According to the police, they were residing in slum pockets to evade arrest.
On Friday, a police team received information that the two wanted accused were seen at Navjeevan SRA Building on SV Road near Dahisar Market in Dahisar West.
The team immediately rushed to that place and launched a search of the building. The police personnel found the women in a room on the seventh floor.
Kasturba Marg police took them into custody and brought them to the station for interrogation. The investigating officers said that the two women gave evasive answers at first.
However, they buckled under pressure and revealed their modus operandi. They had allegedly concealed their real identities and repeatedly changed their residences over the past few days to throw police off their tracks.
"The two women had a total of 17 cases registered against them. They employed minor boys from financially weak backgrounds and used them as mules for transporting narcotic substances to clients," said an officer.
The investigators are now trying to trace the source from where the two acquired drugs like heroin and MDMA (commonly known as Molly or Ecstasy)....
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