Three held with methamphetamine worth Rs 1 crore in Gujarat

Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested three persons and seized methamphetamine worth around Rs 1 crore from their possession in Chikhli in Navsari district of South Gujarat, officials said today.
The trio - Gaurang Tandel (23), Dinesh Patel (27) and Bhavesh Patel (25) - were apprehended last night at Balvara village near national highway 8 and 894 gram of the drug was recovered from them, ATS officials said.
"We arrested three persons when one of them was delivering a packet weighing 894 gram of methamphetamine at Balvara village under Chikhli police station in Navsari district," said ATS police inspector M H Thaker.

"The delivery boy had brought the drug from an African national from Mumbai, who has also been made an accused (in the case)," Thaker said.
"The drugs seized cost around Rs 1 crore in the international markets," he added.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, the officer said, adding investigations are on.