08-05-2025
How this B.Tech dropout became marijuana baker
Gurgaon: Maheshwar Singh traded his engineering texts for recipe books — one that taught him to bake cakes and pastries. But the 25-year-old found a more lucrative road to earn money faster — mastering the art of infusing drugs into everyday treats, lacing his confectioneries with premium marijuana for a corporate clientele across by his family three years ago due to his drug addiction in college, Singh, the son of a retired Armyman, set up an elaborate operation at his rented accommodation in Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave.
However, his arrest by Gurgaon cops on May 4 lifted the veil off a drug distribution network he headed. The "
marijuana baker
" would not surreptitiously deal in pouches, but send them to his customers through legitimate delivery channels — packed in neat boxes that contained cakes, cookies or delightful police said, bought OG marijuana from northeastern states and earned more than Rs 2 lakh a month by selling the drug-laced baked items."Yes,
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he dealt in premium quality marijuana or weed that needs proper rain. Now that we have arrested him, we will soon crack down on the drug supply network of the accused, who purchased contraband from northeastern states.
He then mixed the drugs with chocolates and other products, and supplied them to youngsters and corporate party organisers," a senior police officer said. Singh's makeshift bakery, complete with ovens and microwaves, was nothing short of a cloud kitchen. It churned out marijuana-laced homemade cookies, cakes, chocolates, pastries, and even papads. Singh, who was arrested with 87 marijuana-laced cookies, wasn't alone in this . He hired a cook to assist him in his illicit operation.
