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Pharma companies in South India, Gujarat transported over 1,200 kg cocaine to the national capital: Delhi Police chargesheet on Dubai-based cartel
The Delhi Police have said in their chargesheet that multiple pharma companies based in South India and Gujarat, including five legitimate and three shell, were used for transporting the 1,289 kg cocaine and 40 kg marijuana smuggled in by a Dubai-based cartel to the national capital last year.
The chargesheet, running over 10,000 pages, was filed by the Delhi Police in the Patiala House court on Thursday.
The chargesheet names 19 members allegedly linked to the cartel, 14 of whom have been arrested, including former Congressman Tushar Goyal, while five have been declared proclaimed offenders.
The proclaimed offenders include Virender Basoya, the Dubai-based businessman funding the cartel operation, his son Rishab Basoya, 25, Ritik Bajaj, 36, Pramod, 50, and Vikas Rane, 49.
'Basoya's younger son, Rishab, was overseeing the coordination between Tushar Goel, Jassi, and their Mumbai customers. Vikas Rane was a customer from Mumbai who was set to arrive in Delhi to receive the Thai marijuana from Goyal and take it back to the city to distribute at rave parties. Pramod, an important henchman of Basoya, was overseeing the financial transactions,' a police officer said.
On October 1, 562 kg of cocaine was seized in Mahipalpur, South Delhi. Then, on October 10, 208 kg of cocaine was seized from a shop in Ramesh Nagar, West Delhi. The third seizure was done on October 13, when Special Cell sleuths and the Gujarat Police recovered 518 kg of cocaine worth Rs 5,000 crore in the international market during a raid at a firm called Aavkar Drugs in Gujarat's Ankleshwar. Five people were arrested, including three of the company's listed directors – Ashwin Keshubhai Ramani, Brijesh Kothia, and Vijay Keshavlal Bhesania. Aavkar Drugs, which claims to manufacture chemical products on its website, was incorporated on September 23, 2016.
The other two men arrested were Mayur, an employee of a fake company named Pharma Solutions Services, and middleman Amit Masuria, who allegedly aided the meeting between representatives of the two firms. During the October 1 raid, Delhi-based henchman Tushar Goyal was arrested along with three others. The Ramesh Nagar bust followed this.
According to the Special Cell, 1,289 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic Thai marijuana, worth Rs 13,000 crore, have been seized in this case so far. The police said it was all part of a consignment that the cartel operated by Basoya allegedly smuggled in.
'The drugs came to India at multiple locations from South America via Dubai. They were to arrive at Aavkar in multiple consignments by road to be refined and processed. Then they were transported as medicine packages of Pharma Solutions Services again via road to Delhi-NCR,' a police officer said.
'During the investigation, it was found that the drugs belonged to Pharma Solutions Services and came from Aavkar Drugs,' the officer added.
'Aavkar was involved with the Dubai cartel and Virender Basoya. Their communication channels are being investigated,' the officer said.
