India: 200 kg cocaine worth $238 million seized in Delhi, days after $667 million drug bust

Delhi Police on Thursday (Oct 10) seized 200 kilogrammes of cocaine worth Rs 2,000 crore ($238 million), days after a record-breaking $667 million drug bust. Delhi Police’s Special Cell recovered drugs from the Ramesh Nagar area in West Delhi. 

The authorities zeroed in on the drug supplier through GPS who managed to flee to London. However, the cops seized the drug consignment which is believed to be part of the same syndicate that was busted last week. 

Over 500 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana, cumulatively worth Rs 5,600 crore ($667 million) were seized by the authorities in New Delhi on October 2, in what was described as one of the biggest drug busts in recent times. 

According to the police, 15 kg of cocaine was recovered from the possession of the main accused Tushar Goyal and his aides, Himanshu and Aurangzeb, while the remaining marijuana and cocaine were found in a godown.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that Tushar Goyal, the kingpin of the drug cartel, has ties to the Congress party where he was the chief of the Indian Youth Congress RTI (Right to Information) Cell.

PM Narendra Modi also slammed Congress and said the grand old party was leading the nation’s youth towards drug addiction.

The recovery of illicit drugs has not been limited to the national capital. Earlier this week, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in a joint operation seized a large quantity of MD (mephedrone) drug and raw material used to make them, valued at Rs 1,814 crore ($215 million) from a factory near the central Indian city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. 

The drug den was located about 15 km away from Katara police station and 30 km away from the MP police headquarters. Three persons, identified as Amit Chaturvedi, Sanyal Baner and Harish Aanjana were arrested in connection with the drug haul. 

(With inputs from agencies)