Mumbai: The Sahar police detained two women identified as the wives of an alleged narcotics supplier wanted by the Panvel City police after recovering ₹ 40 lakh, suspected to be proceeds of drug sales, from a hotel room in Andheri East on Friday.
The alleged supplier, Farukh Hamid Shaikh alias Farukh Batata, was not found at the hotel and is suspected to have left shortly before the raid.
A team was sent to the hotel to verify the information and apprehend him. After a staff member rang the doorbell, an individual opened the door and the police team entered with witnesses. Three men and a woman were found inside. The police suspect the money to be proceeds of narcotics sales. The two women were detained by the police on suspicion of being associated with Shaikh.
50, the police received a tip-off from a confidential informant that Shaikh, an alleged major narcotics supplier in Panvel, was staying at a five-star hotel near Mumbai International Airport, according to the complaint filed by police inspector Vijay Sakharam Vange. With the help of the hotel’s security in-charge and another staff member, the police traced the room to Room 1018.
A police officer said those present at the hotel were also questioned as they could have information about the supplier’s whereabouts.
