Indore (Madhya Pradesh):The Crime Branch of Indore police busted a major drug racket on July 6 and arrested four people including a woman from Mumbai for supplying MDMA drugs in the city and other states. It has been revealed that apart from Riya Chakraborty and late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the accused in the case are said to have links with drug suppliers from Dubai, Afghanistan and Africa. The Crime Branch has so far arrested 33 people in connection with the case. The arrested identified as Salim Chaudhary, Zubair, Anwar Lala, and Mehjabeen Sheikh alias 'Papa' alias 'Baji' from Mumbai will remain in police custody till July 12.
During the interrogation, it was revealed that the racket's mastermind, Mehjabeen, used to supply huge consignments of drugs globally through the darknet. Police are also extracting details of her bank accounts, passport, mobile sims, assets and electronic gadgets. Police have also got clues that the accused have bought MDMA drugs and Creta Mine cocaine worth about 40 crores from Indore. These drugs were then supplied and transported in packets of medicines to cities like Mumbai and Delhi. For this, Mehjabeen had trapped many doctors and pharmacists. It was also revealed that the peddlers would mostly talk to their customers over WhatsApp and other internet-based applications and would use Bangladeshi sims to hoodwink police.
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"The woman used to frequently travel to Arab nations. We are scanning her contacts and her properties are being investigated. A joint operation with ED and Income Tax Department has been launched. We are trying to ascertain her possible link with the D-company," said Indore DIG Manish Kapooria.