Surat: Surat police’s crime branch booked nine persons in connection with MD drugs in three different cases. These include an inter-state MD drug making racket worth Rs10 crore that was being hatched from Surat’s Lajpore jail which cops busted and also arrested its mastermind, Sunil Kaushik, an inmate.
Briefing media on all the three cases, Surat police commissioner Ajay Tomar said, “We became extra vigilant against drugs during the festive season and succeeded in busting a conspiracy to make MD drug that was brewing behind bars. We received a tip-off about Sunil Kaushik, an inmate of Lajpore jail in the city, operating a drug racket over phone. Kaushik along with former jail inmates Ghanshyam Mulani and Viramani alias Anna Panduranga had hatched the conspiracy.”
Tomar further said that prior to making the MD drugs in Umargam in Valsad district, the accused hid 10.9kg raw material in Pati village of Rajasthan. “Kaushik was in contact with his father Gajanand Sharma in Bhiwani in Haryana and was attempting to peddle MD drugs in Gujarat and Maharashtra through his father. We raided the Rajasthan village and seized the contraband,” the police commissioner said.
Tomar said that the accused had planned to shift the raw materials in a unit in Umargam and manufacture drugs worth Rs 10 crore and supply these in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
During investigation, it was revealed that the gang had already manufactured MD drugs earlier worth Rs 12 crore in Rajasthan and had sold it to the youth.
Viramani, who is a wanted in this case, was earlier caught with one kilogram of MD drugs by the DCB, Surat.
Mastermind Kaushik is already lodged in Lajpore jail after 7.7kg MD was seized from him by the Directorate Of Revenue Intelligency.
Cops also seized a mobile phone that Kaushik was using to operate the racket.
Police have arrested Ghanshyam Mulani too who jumped parole in a case.
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Briefing media on all the three cases, Surat police commissioner Ajay Tomar said, “We became extra vigilant against drugs during the festive season and succeeded in busting a conspiracy to make MD drug that was brewing behind bars. We received a tip-off about Sunil Kaushik, an inmate of Lajpore jail in the city, operating a drug racket over phone. Kaushik along with former jail inmates Ghanshyam Mulani and Viramani alias Anna Panduranga had hatched the conspiracy.”
Tomar further said that prior to making the MD drugs in Umargam in Valsad district, the accused hid 10.9kg raw material in Pati village of Rajasthan. “Kaushik was in contact with his father Gajanand Sharma in Bhiwani in Haryana and was attempting to peddle MD drugs in Gujarat and Maharashtra through his father. We raided the Rajasthan village and seized the contraband,” the police commissioner said.
Tomar said that the accused had planned to shift the raw materials in a unit in Umargam and manufacture drugs worth Rs 10 crore and supply these in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
During investigation, it was revealed that the gang had already manufactured MD drugs earlier worth Rs 12 crore in Rajasthan and had sold it to the youth.
Viramani, who is a wanted in this case, was earlier caught with one kilogram of MD drugs by the DCB, Surat.
Mastermind Kaushik is already lodged in Lajpore jail after 7.7kg MD was seized from him by the Directorate Of Revenue Intelligency.
Cops also seized a mobile phone that Kaushik was using to operate the racket.
Police have arrested Ghanshyam Mulani too who jumped parole in a case.
We also published the following articles recently
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The Surat crime branch raided a location in Rajasthan and disrupted a plan to manufacture MD drugs. They seized 10.861kg of white powder and pieces used for making the drug. Four individuals were arrested in connection with the crime, and others involved in the operation are being sought. The police received a tip-off about the plan and conducted the raid. In a separate incident, Saroli police seized 1014g of opium and apprehended a suspect. Investigations are ongoing in both cases.
UP police busts international drug racket, four held
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The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested four individuals involved in an international drug racket operating in multiple states in India. They seized cannabis worth Rs 3 crore from the accused, who confessed to sourcing the drugs from Nepal. The narcotics were intended for distribution in various locations, including Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh. Investigations are ongoing to identify and apprehend other members of the network. The accused have been sent to jail.
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Police in Bengaluru have seized meperidine powder and meperidine crystals from foreign drug peddlers, including three Nigerian nationals. The seizure, made by the Central Crime Branch, also included other drugs such as ganja, hashish oil, MDMA crystals, ecstasy pills, and cocaine. The total value of the seizure is estimated to be over Rs 7 crore. This is a significant haul in recent times and highlights the ongoing issue of drug trafficking in the city.