Mumbai’s Anti-Narcotics Cell Worli unit arrested four people, including two Nepal nationals and two Mumbai residents.[1] Police identified the accused as Dipak Inderbahadur Lamba and Sunder Inderbahadur Lamba of Nepal and Aahteshamuddin Aabid Shaikh and Farah Faruq Shah of Vile Parle.[1] The two Nepal nationals were reported as residents of Chitwan district, and the two Vile Parle accused as a married couple.[2]

In total, officers seized 2.81 kg of charas valued by police at Rs 2.81 crore.[1] In the initial operation officers seized 1.715 kg of charas and Rs 52,000 in cash from two accused.[1] On February 26 officers arrested a 31-year-old peddler in Mumbai’s Lower Link area and recovered another 1.103 kg of charas and Rs 55,000 in cash.[1] On February 27 officers arrested a 28-year-old woman accused of assisting the financial transactions.[1] The two couriers had stayed at a hotel in Andheri and were apprehended from Bandra in a trap laid on intelligence inputs while preparing to distribute the charas.[3]

The Worli unit registered the case on February 25, 2026 under Sections 8(c), 20(c) and 29 of the NDPS Act.[1] Police described the haul as high-quality Afghan hashish, sold as joint hash, and the network as an international one.[2] Police said the network supplied drugs into India through the Nepal route and they were probing possible Pakistan links.[2] Further investigation was under way to identify the wider supply chain and network.[1]