The twin accounts are run by a content marketing and digital media agency but "the tweets are approved by police first".
Mumbai:
The Mumbai Police may not have been an early adapter to Twitter, but it has made up for lost time since joining last month with a series of fun tweets.
"Mumbai Police" was trending today after the commissioner's official account posted a warning to mark anti-drugs awareness week.
"If you roll, we will weed you out," read the @CPMumbaiPolice tweet, which was quickly re-tweeted more than 1,000 times.
"Mumbai police account is giving Twitter stand-up comedians a good run for their money," posted one user.
Another tweeted: "Ok, Mumbai Police just killed it. The rest of you, go home."
The Mumbai police commissioner's account has grown to have at least 22,000 followers since launching alongside the force's other official account, @MumbaiPolice, on December 27. The latter has more than 30,000 followers.
The dope tweet wasn't the first of its kind.
"Your creepy comments on her photo will get you a long date with us," read an earlier tweet from the commissioner warning against posting inappropriate or offensive comments online.
"The force's traffic awareness week, also earlier this month, was marked with some puns as well, including a tweet which read: "Helmet or Hell-met. Choose Wisely."
Deputy commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni told news agency AFP that the twin accounts are run by a content marketing and digital media agency but "the tweets are approved by police first".