Gangster Anand Patil is believed to be from the Hemant Pujari gang shot dead.

An alleged gangster was killed in a shootout in north-west Mumbai last night. Gangster Anand Patil is believed to be from the Hemant Pujari gang. Crime Branch officials say Patil fired at the officials when he was asked to surrender and was killed in the ensuing shootout. The police said today that Anand Patil, allegedly a member of the Pujari gang, had gone to the Laxmi Industrial Estate in suburban Andheri to meet an accomplice, they said. Acting on information, officials from the Crime Branch of the city police were present there and when Patil arrived they asked him to surrender. The police went on to add, “Patil allegedly fired at the officials who in retailiation opened fire at him and in the ensuing shootout the alleged gangster was killed.”

UnLucky Lucky

Mumbai-based Nigerian football player was arrested here Thursday with 760 grams of heroin worth Rs.7.6 million, an official statement said.The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in a press release, identified the Nigerian as Lucky. The DRI said Lucky had booked two couriers to Amsterdam and had concealed 760 grams of heroin inside a parcel of children's books.Lucky has admitted to sending five parcels abroad from Chennai.Lucky studied in Mumbai and came to India wanting to play football in one of the clubs here. A Nigerian friend introduced him to the drugs trade.On Tuesday, the DRI also seized 20 kg of heroin valued at Rs.200 million and arrested one passenger named Abu Backer while he was trying to board a Malaysia bound flight at the Chennai airport.The hauls are a part of number of drug seizures in Tamil Nadu recently. Last week 37 kg of ketamine chloride, worth Rs.35 million, was seized in Chennai and Coimbatore.Another five kg of ketamine chloride, valued at Rs.10 million, was sized from Chennai airport last week.