Drug racket supplying curated marijuana from Delhi to Mumbai busted

A drug racket that was supplying curated marijuana or buds from Delhi to Mumbai was busted by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). About 3.5kg of buds that cost around Rs 5,000 per gram were recovered during raids in Delhi and Mumbai. It was found that the drugs were sourced from Canada and were finally destined to Goa from Mumbai.

Deputy director (operations) KPS Malhotra said that a crackdown on the illegal import of curated marijuana (bud) was initiated after it was found that the drug has huge market demand in Mumbai. All of it was being sourced from the USA or Canada where it is produced in large quantities. It was found that all these suppliers were in contact with Bollywood celebrities.

NCB officials have arrested one Fahim Ahmed who works as a driver with a resort in Goa and was found to be receiving the drugs. The role of some prominent drug suppliers based in Bangalore is also under scanner. Ahmed is being interrogated to unveil the rest of the racket.

Malhotra said, the drugs were seized from the foreign post offices based on the specific inputs. The widespread use and demand of bud in Mumbai region has increased the prices in the grey market and it has huge pecuniary gains in the trafficking.

The sourcing of the bud is primarily through the Darknet, which gives the layers of the anonymity to the buyers and sellers. The monetary transactions in these types of international drug trafficking is based on the crypto-currency dealings which is also under the scanner of the NCB.

In the operations in Delhi, the source of the bud was found to be from USA. The consignee of the contraband was based in Delhi, but was misguided by his contact at Mumbai that some legal stuff is being procured from the USA and the same was further to be collected by Mumbai based persons, whose search is underway.