NEW DELHI: Days after the Special Cell of the Delhi Police busted an international narco-cartel and seized drugs worth more than Rs 5,000 crore, the cops found another consignment of 208 kg cocaine whose estimated value is said to be more than Rs 2,000 crore, police said on Thursday.
A senior police officer said that the latest drug recovery is part of the previous drug haul. That means the police have seized 7,628 kg of cocaine having a value of Rs 7,620 crore in the international market.
“The consignment was kept at a closed shop in West Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar by an Indian origin UK citizen who has probably escaped from the country,” the officer told this newspaper. The accused had taken the shop on rent a few days ago, the officer said, adding two people including the shop owner, have been detained.
The team of Special Cell probing the matter had received a tip-off about the consignment hidden at some west Delhi shop. A raid was conducted on Thursday evening and contraband was found hidden in food packets.
“We suspect some more such consignments are kept or already transported to other destinations. Our teams are conducting raids at every possible location,” the officer said.
Seven people have so far been arrested in the cocaine recovery case, which includes Akhlak, from Hapur, who was nabbed from Uttar Pradesh.
The prime accused of the cartel is said to be a Dubai-based businessman, named Virendra Basoya, who the cops believe was running the racket with the help of Tushar Goyal and Jitender Gill alias Jassi, both arrested.
Goyal, who owns a godown in Mahipalpur from where 560 kg of cocaine was recovered, was arrested on October 2 along with Himanshu Kumar and Aurangzeb Siddiqui of Delhi and Bharat Kumar Jain of Mumbai.
Kept in food packets
The 208 kg cocaine consignment was kept at a closed shop in West Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar by an Indian origin UK citizen. The accused had taken the shop on rent a few days ago. Acting on a tip-off, the police conducted raid on Thursday evening and the contraband was found hidden in food packets. Two people, including the shop owner, have been detained.
Total haul worth Rs 7.6K cr
The latest drug recovery is part of the previous drug haul. The police have seized 7,628 kg of cocaine having value of Rs 7,620 crore in the international market. The main suspect is said to be a Dubai-based businessman. One of his aides owned a godown in Mahipalpur from where 560 kg of cocaine was recovered on October 2.