Dubai man brain behind cocaine cartel, promised Delhi handler Rs 3 crore for each consignment: Police

Police assertion Tushar has known Baisoya for the past 20 years. “He lone began moving arsenic a cardinal subordinate of Baisoya’s cocaine concern successful Delhi implicit the past 2 to 3 years,” a constabulary root said. Police besides claimed Baisoya promised Tushar Rs 3 crore per consignment.

Tushar was among 7 radical arrested implicit the past week erstwhile constabulary made 2 cause busts — astatine a Mahipalpur godown and an bare store successful West Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar — and recovered 500 kg and 208 kg of cocaine worthy Rs 7,000 successful total.

At the shop, constabulary recovered however the drugs were being smuggled — wrong namkeen packets stored successful cardboard boxes. Police claimed the drugs came from South America, chiefly Colombia, via Dubai connected cargo ships and were meant to beryllium distributed crossed Delhi, Mumbai and Goa.

Lookout notices person present been issued against Baisoya and 5 others, and astatine slightest 3 much notices would beryllium issued successful the coming days, said a constabulary serviceman connected information of anonymity.

Police besides said the cartel had a unsocial mode of connection — they confirmed each other’s identities by matching serial numbers of torn currency notes and kept each connection strictly coded via an app.

“The cartel members confirmed each other’s identities utilizing serial numbers of currency notes arsenic astir of them didn’t cognize each other. A currency enactment would beryllium torn, and a representation of each fractional would beryllium fixed to the persons who are expected to interaction each other. Upon meeting, they would speech the pictures to spot if the serial numbers lucifer — then, the drugs would alteration hands,” a constabulary serviceman claimed.

Even Baisoya, constabulary said, contacted the members done the Threema app. He communicated successful codification utilizing philharmonic connotations, they claimed. “There are chances adjacent Baisoya isn’t alert of the existent individuality of the cartel members,” a constabulary serviceman said.

How the lawsuit unfolded

It was connected October 1 that the Special Cell raided a godown successful Mahipalpur, leased by Tushar, and recovered the archetypal batch of 560 kg cocaine. Tushar and 3 others — Auranzeb Siddiqui (23), Himanshu Kumar (27), and Bharat Jain (in his 40s) — were the archetypal to beryllium arrested.

On October 3, the 5th apprehension was made — Jitendra Pal aka Jassi (45), who was allegedly Tushar’s India handler. “He had cocaine worthy astir 10 crore successful his achromatic Fortuner and was going to administer it crossed Punjab. He was going to travel to Delhi and spell to London connected October 12. Learning of Tushar’s arrest, helium near the car successful Amritsar and tried to flee,” a constabulary serviceman had claimed.

Then connected October 10, constabulary recovered the 2nd 208 kg consignment successful Ramesh Nagar. This consignment, constabulary said, was handled by UK nonmigratory Savinder Singh — a lookout announcement was issued against him too.

He was successful Delhi for astir a month. He received the consignment from 2 accused — A. Safi and Mohammad Akhlaq — dropped it astatine the store and fled to London connected Sunday, constabulary said.

According to constabulary sources, Safi was arrested connected Sunday portion Akhlaq was arrested connected Tuesday. Safi, who hailed from Chennai, works arsenic a butcher and is simply a second-hand car trader portion Akhlaq utilized to merchantability vegetables wholesale and was progressive successful small-time brokerage work, said police.

Police claimed it was Safi, who came successful interaction with the radical successful the cartel done his car dealership business, who brought the consignment to Uttar Pradesh wherever helium met Akhlaq.

Akhlaq past brought it to Delhi from Hapur successful his conveyance which had a GPS attached to it, they said. Savinder utilized the aforesaid conveyance to marque the drop, they claimed.
A constabulary serviceman claimed Baisoya had tasked Jassi and Savinder to grip the 2 consignments and administer them to antithetic distributors successful Delhi-NCR. But some of them didn’t cognize each different earlier coming to Delhi, helium claimed.