The Delhi Police have arrested a 36-year-old man from central Delhi’s Paharganj for allegedly carrying drugs in branded toothpaste tubes, an officer said on Thursday. The police claimed to have seized 1 kg ketamine worth about ₹25 lakh from his possession.
Satender Kumar Yadav, the accused, was arrested on September 21 following a tip-off regarding his visit to Paharganj to send the psychotropic substance abroad via courier, the police said. The accused is alleged to be a member of an international drug syndicate. The accused is a native of Bihar and ran a cosmetics shop in Paharganj here.
“Earlier, he was an assistant at his cousin Nagender’s chemist shop in Paharganj, where foreign customers lined up to purchase ketamine,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Bhisham Singh said.
The business
Mr. Nagender would prepare ketamine powder from ketamine injections and supply it in foreign countries. He was arrested in 2012, following which the accused took over his business, Mr. Singh said, adding that the accused purchased ketamine injections from his source in Patna.
“Mr. Yadav used to fill ketamine in toothpaste tubes and supply them to his contact in Spain by courier,” Mr. Singh said. Raids are being conducted in Delhi and Patna to arrest his associates, the police said.
