New Delhi: Three people were arrested and 31 kilograms of alprazolam tablets were seized after Delhi Police busted a significant interstate psychotropic drug ring, according to an official on Saturday.
Delhi Police seized 31 kg of alprazolam tablets; Multi-state racket busted with three arrestsThe accused were part of an organized network involved in the illegal manufacture, transportation and distribution of banned psychotropic substances across Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and the National Capital Region, he said.
The operation tracked drug dealers operating in the NCR through intelligence-driven surveillance. The two accused were driving a car with an Uttar Pradesh registration number when the team, acting on specific inputs, apprehended them close to the Nanda Nagri bus depot.
Shamim, who lives in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajeev Sharma and Mohit Gupta, who both live in Bulandshahr, are the people who were arrested.
The police found 31 kilograms of alprazolam tablets during the search, which is equivalent to an estimated three lakh tablets and falls under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act’s definition of commercial quantity.
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According to officials, the commercial quantity of alprazolam is 100 grams.
In addition to the tablets, the team confiscated 25 kg of PVC sheet roll used for tablet packaging, 11 kg of aluminum foil with the word “alprazolam” printed on it, 20 rubber stamps bearing the batch number, manufacturing and expiration dates, and transport vehicle. According to police, the discovery of printing supplies and packaging materials pointed to a sizable illicit pharmaceutical production facility.
An FIR was registered on January 29 under relevant sections of the NDPS Act. The car was registered in Mohit Gupta’s name during the investigation, and he was subsequently taken into custody at the other accused’s request.
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Sharma admitted to the police during questioning that, at Gupta’s request, he used to pick up alprazolam tablets from Himachal Pradesh from Shamim and his accomplice Randeep and deliver them to a nearby pharmacy in Bulandshahr.
Shamim claimed that he and his partner operated an illicit manufacturing facility in Parwanu, Himachal Pradesh, where the tablets were produced and delivered to distributors in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
According to police, Gupta, who purportedly owns a medical practice in Bulandshahr, told investigators that he obtained illicit tablets via his business and supplied them to pharmacies in Agra and Bulandshahr.
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