01-26-2009, 05:42 AM
<b>Anti-narcotics police officer turns drug peddler </b>
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has ripped the lid off a major drug racket, by arresting a Jammu and Kashmir-cadre IPS officer from a suburban hotel with 12 kgs of heroin worth Rs 12 crore in the international market.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Shajji Mohan (41), deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate, Kochi, was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad on Sunday for possessing 12.8 kg of heroin, worth more than Rs 12 crore</b>.
<b>Mohan, who earlier held a senior post with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Chandigarh, is </b>suspected to have removed portions of the drug that was seized through routine NCB checks.
Mohanâs involvement in an inter-state drug cartel had surfaced after the arrest of Rakesh Khatariya (36), a former constable with Haryana police, who had come to Mumbai to sell 1.5 kg of brown sugar.
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The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has ripped the lid off a major drug racket, by arresting a Jammu and Kashmir-cadre IPS officer from a suburban hotel with 12 kgs of heroin worth Rs 12 crore in the international market.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Shajji Mohan (41), deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate, Kochi, was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad on Sunday for possessing 12.8 kg of heroin, worth more than Rs 12 crore</b>.
<b>Mohan, who earlier held a senior post with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Chandigarh, is </b>suspected to have removed portions of the drug that was seized through routine NCB checks.
Mohanâs involvement in an inter-state drug cartel had surfaced after the arrest of Rakesh Khatariya (36), a former constable with Haryana police, who had come to Mumbai to sell 1.5 kg of brown sugar.
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