A civil engineer who started selling vegetables due to pandemic induced-lockdown in Mumbai was recently arrested for trying to sell marijuana.
About sixty-three kg of marijuana worth around Rs 10 Lakh was found in three sacks from the vegetable seller. He had hidden those sacks of drugs between sacks of vegetables in the godown, according to a Times of India report.
Sachin Salunke, 28, was booked under Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act. Salunke who is a native of Ahmednagar in Maharashtra spent a few years in Odisha working as an engineer before he moved to his hometown, post lockdown in hope of finding work. With employment opportunities hit due to lockdown, he started selling vegetables for a living.
“We got information that marijuana sacks were hidden in his godown, so we raid the place. It was packed with onion sacks. After a search, we found three sacks of drugs,” said senior inspector Prakash Bele, Kurar police.
