New Delhi: Intensifying investigation into the seizure of the largest drug consignment in the city so far, the Delhi Police has formed several teams to nab other members of the gang. Giving this information on Thursday, police officials said the main accused was found to have alleged links with leaders of a national political party.
He said around a dozen people from India and abroad were allegedly involved in an international gang smuggling banned drugs from West Asian countries to India. On Wednesday, police claimed to have seized over 560 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of “hydroponic marijuana”, estimated to be worth around Rs 5.62 crore, from a warehouse in south Delhi’s Mahipalpur.
In this case, the Special Branch arrested four people – Delhi residents Tushar Goyal (40), Himanshu Kumar (27) and Aurangzeb Siddiqui (23) and Mumbai resident Bharat Kumar Jain (48) – and seized 602 kg cash stored in bags in the Warehouse. More drugs seized.
Photo seen with congressional leaders.
A senior officer said that Goyal was the mastermind behind the gang operating in India and during interrogation it was revealed that the four accused were conspiring to sell large quantities of drugs at “concerts, rave parties” etc. in Delhi and other metropolitan areas.
“We have formed several teams to nab other members of the group,” the officer said, adding that investigators have recovered several photographs of Goyal from a social media account in which he is seen with Congress leaders.
Goyal’s alleged Facebook account has an image of a tiger as its profile picture and has introduced himself as “Chairman of the RTI Cell of Delhi State Indian Youth Congress, DYPC”. However, the Youth Congress said in a statement that he was expelled from the organization on October 17, 2022 for anti-party activities.
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