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ISI linked to Rs 20 Cr hashish haul - The Mumbai Age
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2 September 1996
Title : ISI linked to Rs 20-cr hashish haul
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Publication : The Mumbai Age
Date : September 2, 1996
In the largest drug seizure haul by an enforcement agency
in the country this year, the Mumbai police seized 171
kilos of hashish, believed to be sponsored by the
Pakistani intelligence agency, Inter-Service
Intelligence, on Saturday.
"The drugs are worth over Rs 20 crore in the
international market and were meant for local consumption
in the city and the proceeds of the sale meant for
disruptive activities in the city," said commissioner of
police R D Tyagi at a press conference on Sunday evening
at his Crawford Market office.
The operation started when the Mumbai police received
information in the first week of August from the
Narcotics Control Bureau, New Delhi that a large
consignment of drugs was coming into the city. On August
31, the office of the joint commissioner of police
(crime) R S Sharma received information that some drugs
had entered the city.
Further investigation by the narcotics cell led to the
discovery that the drugs were stored at a photo copying
shop at Vakilwala building, Samuel Street, Dongri.
When the shop was raided on Saturday, the police
recovered 161 kilos of hash concealed in the false
ceiling of the place. A .30 calibre Chinese-made Mauser
pistol with 306 live cartridges of various calibers and
five spare magazines was also recovered during the raid.
Interrogation of Santosh Naik who ran the photocopying
shop revealed that his co-accused were Abdul Samad Khan
(a relative of Ibrahim Issaq Parkar, the slain
brother-in-law of Dawood Ibrahim) and Sonu Satish Sharma.
According to police sources, they had information on
Samad Khan when they went to raid the shop. However, when
they went to raid the place, they found Santosh Naik
instead.
Santosh informed them that Samad Khan and Sonu had gone
for a delivery somewhere at Sewree and were planning to
escape with the cash from there. Immediately another
police team was dispatched from there and the duo was
nabbed from there. A personal search of the duo led to
the recovery of 10 kilos of hashish.
The drugs were kept in the form of one kilo slabs of
hashish. "Each slab is machine compressed. These drugs
from Pakistan and there are special machines with which
they are compressed. Big consignments are transferred
this way, so that more volume of drugs can be stored
compactly," said Mr Sharma.
The word cobra was inscribed on top of the slab which
resembled a video cassette in shape. According to the
police, the hashish is of a very high quality and its
origin is from Afghanistan.
Those arrested have no police records against them.
The police has also recovered a diary with incriminating
details from the raid, which they hope will lead them to
the brain behind the operation. the police believes that
the persons caught so far are just small fry.
Mr Sharma said, "The drugs were brought to the city three
months back. It is possible that a part of the
consignment could have been already sold in the market."
The police are also checking out the possibility that the
seizure of 14 kilos of hashish from Andheri a couple of
day back could have been part of this consignment. The
police is also trying to find the source of the arms. The
operation was a joint operation of the narcotics cell and
the special operation squad.
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