Mephedrone drug supplier held in Surat; raid uncovers pocket weight scales

Surat: The city police on Tuesday, arrested Sohail Kadri, a drug dealer operating from his house in Lal Gate area’s Fashion Street, for supplying mephedrone drugs. The arrest stemmed from a raid conducted on May 1st at the house of one Jalaluddin Sheikh, accused of selling drugs supplied by Kadri.

During the raid in Lal Gate’s Tatwada area, police found mephedrone worth Rs. 1.19 lakh in three of the 271 seized pouches and two pocket weight scales at Sheikh’s residence. Sheikh confessed that the drugs were supplied by Kadri. Kadri, 39, who was released from jail five to six months ago, had resumed drug dealing from his home soon after his release. The police had been searching for Kadri for a month before his arrest on Wednesday. The local court has remanded Kadri in two days of police custody for further investigation.

Kadri, a cloth vendor from Ghastipura, had previously been involved in a case where Rs. 60 lakh worth of MD drugs were seized. He was residing in Rukaiiya Apartment at the time of his arrest. The ongoing investigation aims to uncover the extent of Kadri’s drug network and his involvement in the local drug trade. – DeshGujarat