A 44-year-old man was arrested in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat for the alleged possession of heroin and methamphetamine value Rs 88.25 crore, suspected to be originated from Pakistan and smuggled by means of the ocean, a senior police officer mentioned.
The arrested man, recognized as Sajjad Ghosi, hails from the Thane district in neighbouring Maharashtra. He claimed that he had come to Khambhalia to take the consignment of medicine from two brothers. Following the arrest of Ghosi with 17.65 kg of drugs- heroin and methamphetamine- on November 9, the police on Wednesday nabbed the 2 brothers from Salaya city within the Devbhumi Dwarka district and seized 47 packets suspected to be containing medicine, mentioned Sandeep Singh, Deputy Inspector Common (DIG) of Police, Rajkot vary.
“Primarily based on a tip-off, the police nabbed Sajjad Ghosi from a visitor home in Khambhalia city on Tuesday. We recovered 19 packets from his baggage, which contained 11.483 kg of heroin and 6.168 kg of methamphetamine. Ghosi claimed that he had acquired the medicine from the Kara brothers of Salaya,” Singh mentioned. Ghosi informed police that he had taken the supply of 17.65 kg of the contraband from Salim Kara and Ali Kara and was planning to return to Thane, he mentioned.
“We then raided Kara brothers` home and seized 47 comparable packets. We’re but to establish the contents of those packets. Ghosi had gone to jail in a homicide case up to now and Salim Kara has been arrested up to now in NDPS, faux foreign money and Arms Act instances,” Singh mentioned. Ghosi, a vegetable vendor from Mumbra space of Thane, had come to Khambhalia three days again to take the supply of medicine, he mentioned.
Whereas an in depth probe continues to be underway, the preliminary investigations have revealed that the seized contraband had originated from Pakistan and was smuggled into Gujarat by way of the ocean route by the Kara brothers, the DIG added.
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