The prosecution told the court that the crime branch of Mumbai police wanted to interrogate Ali to get more details about his smuggling racket.
Yesterday, the crime branch had moved the magistrate's court seeking his custody after the sessions court cancelled his interim protection from arrest.
In a joint operation of the Coast Guard and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, 23 tonnes of red sander wood worth Rs 9 crore was seized on Friday off Mumbai coast while it was being smuggled to Dubai by a dhow. The agencies handed over 20 persons, arrested on the sea, to the crime branch.
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