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The Print
14-06-2025
- The Print
1,200 kg cocaine, shell companies & a Dubai kingpin—Delhi Police charge sheet in Rs 13,000-cr drug bust
The other five include the alleged kingpin of the drug racket—Virender Baisoya—suspected to be in Dubai now. Rishab, his younger son, and associates Pramod, Ritik Bajaj, and Vikas Rane are also absconding. Of them, 14 of the accused, including ex-leader of Congress Tushar Goyal, landed in the net of the Special Cell of Delhi Police last year following cocaine seizures. New Delhi: Delhi Police have filed a 10,000-page chargesheet in the over-1200 kg, Rs 13,000 crore-worth cocaine haul case, naming 19 accused. Last year, the police had succeeded in arresting Baisoya's younger brother, Ravinder. The cocaine case dates back to October 2024, when investigators claimed to have seized 562 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of Thai marijuana from godown in Delhi's Mahipalpur after a three-month probe. They arrested Tushar Goyal and three others at the time. A slew of arrests followed, with accused Jitendra Pal Singh alias Jassi captured from the Amritsar airport. At the time, the Special Cell conducted consecutive raids, including in Gujarat at the Ankleshwar-based manufacturing unit of Aavkar Drugs, a company that produces precursors to cough syrup. Sources in the police said the gang manufactured the final product, sellable cocaine, in two stages in Gujarat and Delhi. 'The chargesheet mentions three shell pharma companies that Virender created on forged identities, with the shell companies used for transactions and for buying raw materials and then selling them,' a police source said. The shell companies procured raw materials from five genuine pharmaceutical firms located across South India and in Gujarat, police sources said, adding that they have not charged those firms. After the probe, the police found those companies had no role in the syndicate and that the gang fraudulently procured chemicals from them, a police source said. Once the gang had fraudulently procured the raw chemicals from the pharma companies, they processed the chemicals in Avkar. From Avkar, the gang sent the drugs to Delhi in trucks and other vehicles via Uttar Pradesh. 'Here, [in the Capital], Tushar Goyal mixed the chemicals with the cocaine mixture coming from South American countries via Dubai,' another police source said. Police sources said Baisoya's son was handling the coordination between key players such as Tushar Goyal and Jitendra Pal Singh. 'Virender Baisoya is the kingpin. He arranged all the logistical aid and decided how and where the drugs should reach,' the first source said. Baisoya is an accused in the Meow Meow drug case that came to the fore in February last year. The case involved Mumbai Police tracing contraband to Delhi and Pune and seizing 1,700 kg, worth over Rs 3,000 crore. Sources in the Delhi Police said that in the current case, technical evidence, mobile data records, CCTV footage, transaction records, and digital footprints, other than seizures, formed the crux of the evidence. 'There are some other key associates of Virender Baisoya, who are also involved in the syndicate. Further investigation is on,' a source said. The police suspect Basoiya left India after the 2024 drug haul. The Delhi Police probe began at the time based on intelligence inputs about drug consignments, pre-festive season or pre-music concerts, last year. (Edited by Madhurita Goswami) Also Read:At heart of Rs 13,000-cr drug bust, 2 brothers from a 1,100-yr-old Delhi village & 'extravagant' lifestyle
Indian Express
13-06-2025
- Indian Express
Pharma companies in South India, Gujarat transported over 1,200 kg cocaine to the national capital: Delhi Police chargesheet on Dubai-based cartel
The Delhi Police have said in their chargesheet that multiple pharma companies based in South India and Gujarat, including five legitimate and three shell, were used for transporting the 1,289 kg cocaine and 40 kg marijuana smuggled in by a Dubai-based cartel to the national capital last year. The chargesheet, running over 10,000 pages, was filed by the Delhi Police in the Patiala House court on Thursday. The chargesheet names 19 members allegedly linked to the cartel, 14 of whom have been arrested, including former Congressman Tushar Goyal, while five have been declared proclaimed offenders. The proclaimed offenders include Virender Basoya, the Dubai-based businessman funding the cartel operation, his son Rishab Basoya, 25, Ritik Bajaj, 36, Pramod, 50, and Vikas Rane, 49. 'Basoya's younger son, Rishab, was overseeing the coordination between Tushar Goel, Jassi, and their Mumbai customers. Vikas Rane was a customer from Mumbai who was set to arrive in Delhi to receive the Thai marijuana from Goyal and take it back to the city to distribute at rave parties. Pramod, an important henchman of Basoya, was overseeing the financial transactions,' a police officer said. On October 1, 562 kg of cocaine was seized in Mahipalpur, South Delhi. Then, on October 10, 208 kg of cocaine was seized from a shop in Ramesh Nagar, West Delhi. The third seizure was done on October 13, when Special Cell sleuths and the Gujarat Police recovered 518 kg of cocaine worth Rs 5,000 crore in the international market during a raid at a firm called Aavkar Drugs in Gujarat's Ankleshwar. Five people were arrested, including three of the company's listed directors – Ashwin Keshubhai Ramani, Brijesh Kothia, and Vijay Keshavlal Bhesania. Aavkar Drugs, which claims to manufacture chemical products on its website, was incorporated on September 23, 2016. The other two men arrested were Mayur, an employee of a fake company named Pharma Solutions Services, and middleman Amit Masuria, who allegedly aided the meeting between representatives of the two firms. During the October 1 raid, Delhi-based henchman Tushar Goyal was arrested along with three others. The Ramesh Nagar bust followed this. According to the Special Cell, 1,289 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic Thai marijuana, worth Rs 13,000 crore, have been seized in this case so far. The police said it was all part of a consignment that the cartel operated by Basoya allegedly smuggled in. 'The drugs came to India at multiple locations from South America via Dubai. They were to arrive at Aavkar in multiple consignments by road to be refined and processed. Then they were transported as medicine packages of Pharma Solutions Services again via road to Delhi-NCR,' a police officer said. 'During the investigation, it was found that the drugs belonged to Pharma Solutions Services and came from Aavkar Drugs,' the officer added. 'Aavkar was involved with the Dubai cartel and Virender Basoya. Their communication channels are being investigated,' the officer said.
