200 kg of narcotics found in 'namkeen' packet in Delhi

The Delhi police discovered 200 kg of narcotics cargo at a shuttered store in the Ramesh Nagar area on Oct 10, just days after they recovered 560 kg of cocaine in one of the biggest drug busts in the national capital.

The drugs were stored in Namkeen packs that were open. In overseas markets, drugs are valued at ₹2,000 crore. The two narcotics hauls combined are worth around ₹7,000 crore.

"The Delhi Police Special Cell has recovered a consignment of cocaine from a closed shop in Ramesh Nagar. About 200 kg of drugs have been recovered, whose value in the international market is more than ₹2,000 crore. This drug was kept in packets of namkeen," the police said.

A native of the Hapur district by the name of Akhlaq has been taken into custody by the police. It was he who had delivered the shipment. The drugs were kept in the capital city by a British national who is now absconding.

"200 kg of cocaine was recovered from the warehouse in Ramesh Nagar. The person who kept the drugs in that warehouse is a UK citizen, and after keeping the cocaine there, he is absconding. Police got information about this UK citizen only after interrogating Ikhlaq (arrested in a ₹5,000 crore drug case),” said an official.

The police have arrested four people in relation to the 560 kg of cocaine they recovered. According to the authorities, they discovered 15 kg of cocaine in the individual hands of the defendants — Aurangzeb, Himanshu, and Tushar Goyal. In the godown, marijuana and cocaine were also discovered.

"Around 15 kg of cocaine was recovered from the personal possession of Tushar Goyal, Himanshu, and Aurangzeb. They were caught when they were coming out of the godown in Mahipalpur Extension to give the supply to the receiver,” a senior police officer said.

“Remaining marijuana and cocaine were found in the godown. Tushar Goyal is a resident of Vasant Vihar in Delhi, while Himanshu and Aurangzeb are his two associates. Bharat Jain, a receiver from Kurla West (Mumbai), has also been caught," he added.

According to the authorities, the two narcotics hauls are associated with the cartel led by a businessman from Delhi who is currently in Dubai.

The open packets bearing the title Chatpata Mixture contained the cocaine. The man suspected of being the head of the cartel is Virender Basoiya.

In 2011, Goyal and Basoiya met in Tihar. He allegedly used an outdated cargo ship to carry the shipment from South America to India via Dubai.

The accused used Hapur to transport drugs from Chennai to Delhi.

"On Tuesday, we arrested his associate, Mohd Akhlaq, from Hapur. He was in charge of bringing the consignment from Hapur to Delhi,” an officer said. The police tracked the vehicle through the GPS.

"Basoiya had hired another handler, a UK national, to take care of the second consignment. Gill (an accused) and the handler were instructed to ‘distribute’ the consignment to different handlers and syndicates. We identified him, but he left India,” the officer added.