Thane Police have invoked MCOCA against five alleged members of a drug trafficking syndicate after seizing 9.768 kg of heroin worth Rs 3.41 crore in Kalyan.

The case was registered at Mahatma Phule Chowk police station on April 1 under the NDPS Act. Police arrested Qasim Abdul Sattar Vasaikar (38), Krishna Nagappa Halemani (36), Ganesh Puthuswamy alias Anna (71), Saddam Gafur Sheikh (32), and Ajmed Yusuf Pathan (47) and recovered 9.236 kg of heroin from Qasim and Krishna and another 531.69 gm from Pathan’s house.