518 kg cocaine worth 5 thousand crores seized from Gujarat, 5 arrested

Its value in the international market is around Rs 5000 crore.

Gandhinagar: 518 kg of cocaine was seized from the godown of Avkar Drugs Limited Company in Ankleshwar, Gujarat on Sunday night. Its value in the international market is around Rs 5000 crore. In a joint operation of Delhi-Gujarat Police, 5 people have also been arrested from the spot.

Delhi Police said that this cocaine is linked to the same international drugs syndicate, whose two big consignments were seized from Delhi during raids on October 2 and October 10.

Police said that till now a total of 1289 kg of drugs of this syndicate has been seized. Its value in the international market is Rs 13 thousand crore.

A total of 12 people associated with this syndicate have been arrested so far, out of which 7 were detained during the last 2 raids in Delhi.

The mastermind of this syndicate operating from Dubai has been identified as Virender Basoya. He has many businesses in Dubai. The police have issued a lookout circular against Basoya. According to PTI sources, such a huge amount of cocaine has never been seized in the entire country till date. These 3 raids in the last 12 days are the biggest operation till date.