New Delhi/Indore. Delhi Police and Gujarat Police on Sunday seized 518 kg of cocaine worth Rs 5,000 crore in a joint operation in Ankleshwar, Gujarat. Sources said that along with this, 1,289 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of ‘Hydroponic Thailand Marijuana’ worth Rs 13,000 crore have been seized by law enforcement agencies in Delhi and Gujarat within a fortnight.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police and Gujarat Police on Sunday claimed to have recovered 518 kg of cocaine during a search at a pharmaceutical company in Ankleshwar. Sources said that the value of the seized cocaine in the international market is said to be around Rs 5,000 crore.
On October 1, the Special Cell had raided a warehouse in Mahipalpur, Delhi and seized a consignment of 562 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of ‘hydroponic marijuana’. Sources said that during the investigation on October 10, about 208 kg of additional cocaine was recovered from a shop in Ramesh Nagar, Delhi. Sources said that the police came to know that this drug belonged to a company, which had obtained it from the pharmaceutical company of Ankleshwar.
Another illegal factory of Mephedrone exposed in Madhya Pradesh, drug worth Rs 168 crore seized
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has busted a factory producing illegal mephedrone in the tribal-dominated Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh and arrested four people, including the director of this unit. A DRI official gave this information on Sunday. The officer said that drugs with an estimated value of Rs 168 crore have been seized from the factory. He told that this factory being operated in Meghnagar industrial area was investigated in the early hours of Saturday on the information of an informer.
The official said that 36 kg of Mephedrone powder and 76 kg of liquid Mephedrone as well as raw material and equipment, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances were seized from this factory. Have been seized under the Anti-Dangerous Substances Act (NDPS). He told that the unit has been sealed. The officer said that the value of the seized drugs is estimated to be around Rs 168 crore.
He said that the samples taken from the factory were tested by a forensic science laboratory which confirmed the presence of Mephedrone.
Gujarat Police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 5 had busted a drug factory in the state capital Bhopal from where 907.09 kg of mephedrone was seized, whose estimated value is Rs 1,814 crore.