The police busted a racket involved in drug trafficking in Greater Noida after arresting four accused, an official said on Tuesday. According to the police, they used to sell banned substances to primarily IT professionals, service sector workers and young college students.
A joined team of local Beta 2 police station and the SWAT arrested the accused near the Newada roundabout.
Home delivery of drug
Additional DCP (Greater Noida) Ashok Kumar said the gang also used to provide cannabis to customers allegedly by keeping small packets inside envelopes of an e-commerce company in order to evade suspicion.
He said, "They used to call up their customers over WhatsApp and take their location. Next, they would deliver the cannabis to the customers placing them inside envelopes of the company. They would make the delivery even in public places because people would think it's a normal delivery and nothing illegal."
The accused have been identified as gang leader Bintu Singh alias Kaalu, his brother Chintu, Jai Prakash and Varsha.
The official said Jai Prakash and Varsha used to deliver the packages locally.
20.39 kg of cannabis and 400 grams of hashish -- both estimated worth around Rs 25-30 lakh in black market have been seized, he said.
The Additional DCP said the gang procured "high quality" cannabis from Shillong and sold it at higher rates in Greater Noida in packets of 10 gm, 20 gm and 50 gm.
"The cannabis they procured for Rs 40,000 per kg in Shillong was sold here for Rs 1.25 lakh to Rs 1.50 lakh," Kumar added.
Besides seizing the cannabis, the police claimed they have recovered 148 envelopes with the company's name written on them, three polythene bags, an electronic weighing scale and seized four mobile phones.
They have also impounded two vehicles -- a sedan and a motorcycle -- belonging to the gang.
A case has been registered against the accused persons under the stringent Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and further legal proceedings are being carried out, the police added.
(With PTI inputs)
