A 26-year-old man was arrested by the police on Friday night for allegedly possessing mephedrone worth Rs 1.08 lakh in Maharashtra's Thane district, police officials said on Saturday. The arrest was made during a routine patrolling operation in Dombivili town, located in the district.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Atul Zende, of Zone III, Kalyan, the police team intercepted the suspect, identified as Vinay Iyer, on the MIDC road in Dombivili late on Friday evening. Upon searching him, the officers recovered 34 grams of mephedrone, a banned narcotic substance, from his possession. The contraband seized from the accused was valued at an estimated Rs 1.08 lakh, said the police official.