Gujarat Drugs: A cocaine smuggling syndicate worth about Rs 6,000 crore is flourishing in Mahipalpur, Delhi. After investigating this network, Delhi Police and Gujarat Police in a joint operation seized 518 kg of cocaine from Ankleshwar, Gujarat.
It is said that its price in the market is Rs 5,000 crore. This is the third major seizure of drugs in a fortnight. Earlier, on October 1, the police had seized 562 kg of cocaine from Mahipalpur in Delhi and last week, 208 kg from the same syndicate's hideout in Delhi's Ramesh Nagar.
Till now, drugs worth more than Rs 13 thousand crores have been seized.
Besides, 10 kg hydroponic ganja has also been found from Mahipalpur. In this way, 1,289 kg of cocaine has been seized from this syndicate so far. The total international value of drugs seized from this syndicate is said to be more than Rs 13 thousand crore, which is considered to be the biggest recovery till date.
Till now seven accused associated with the syndicate have been arrested
A senior Home Ministry official said that seven accused associated with this syndicate have been arrested so far. During interrogation of these accused, it was revealed that the cocaine seized in Delhi belonged to a company named Pharma Solution Services and it came from Avkar Drugs Limited Company of Ankleshwar, Gujarat.
While investigating the links related to the syndicate,
Delhi Police and Gujarat Police raided the premises of Avkar Drugs Limited, where Rs. 518 kg of cocaine worth Rs 5,000 crore has been seized. He said that the links related to this syndicate are being investigated thoroughly.
More cocaine may be recovered
More consignments of cocaine may be received in the coming days. According to a senior Home Ministry official, the strings behind the recovery of a large quantity of drugs from Tushar Goyal's warehouse in Mahipalpur on October 1 were not expected to extend so far. But while connecting the links of supply of seized drugs, the syndicate's network was exposed.
Dubai based mastermind
Delhi Police said the leader of the syndicate is Virendra Baroya, who lives in Dubai and runs a drug-smuggling network in several countries including India and Nepal. Also, there is evidence that the syndicate has spread from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Nepal and Britain to South American countries.