The Delhi Police have arrested four persons for allegedly running an international drug cartel and recovered 5 kg of party drugs worth nearly ₹5 crore in the international market.
One of the four men arrested is the nephew of Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi. Reacting to his nephew’s arrest, the senior SP leader told The Hindu, “It’s very unfortunate that he’s my nephew, but I have no relations with him.”
Tip-off received
Abu Aslam Qasim Azmi (43), Amit Aggarwal (40), Avdhesh Kumar (26) and Chandan Rai (31) were arrested between Sunday and Wednesday following a tip-off.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said they had received a tip-off stating that a consignment of party drug MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly known as ice, was dispatched from Mumbai and would be received at a cargo office named Prefer Logistic Pvt Ltd in Mahipalpur here. MDMA would then be supplied in the United States and the United Kingdom.
“A trap was laid on June 4 and Avdhesh, who was carrying a red and black bag, was nabbed,” said Mr. Yadav, adding that 5 kg of the contraband was recovered from his possession.
Based on information given by Avdhesh, his employer Amit and manager Chandan, who had allegedly lured him into the business, were arrested.
Arrested in Mumbai
According to the police, Amit disclosed that the consignment was sent by Aslam, who was then arrested from a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Tuesday. Aslam allegedly told the police that the drug trade kingpin was a man named Kailash Rajput, who operated out of Dubai.
“Aslam said he had earlier worked with a cargo company in Dubai. He left the job and moved to Mumbai. Some of his friends were common friends with Rajput. That’s how these two became friends,” said Mr. Yadav.
Aslam revealed that he became Rajput’s aide in India after he opened a restaurant in Goa and got in touch with several drug traffickers. “He supplied drugs to France, Germany, UK, Spain and US on directions from Rajput,” said the officer.
