Patiala: Further investigations into the multi-crore Delhi-based synthetic drug racket busted by the Punjab Police yesterday have led to searches being conducted in pharmaceutical units in Roorkee (UP) after obtaining search warrants from aPatialacourt, and further seizures of precursor chemicals and synthetic drugs are expected. It may be mentioned here that Varinder Singh @ Raja was arrested fromNew Delhion December 8, 2013 and Hrang Tin Khara @ Robert was also arrested fromNew Delhion December 10, 2013 by Punjab Police.
v Operational details of racket in Myanmar and other countries emerge
v Names of several women based in Myanmar are figuring in the drug racket
v Raja and Robert have contrasting life style
Disclosing this here today, Mr. Hardyal Singh Mann, SSP, Patiala said that investigations have revealed operational details about the synthetic drug racket in Myanmar and other foreign countries which were being developed and would be shared with concerned authorities through the Counter Intelligence Wing of the Punjab Police.
He informed that names of several women based inMyanmarwho were figuring in the drug racket have also been revealed. A female operative named Lalumi who was reportedly based inKhampat,Myanmarwas in active touch with Robert and Varinder Raja and made at least six trips toIndiato obtain contraband consignments and further ship them to recipient parties on the Myanmar-China border. Lalumi was in her mid-forties and was in the traditional clothes business as her cover, he added.
Mr. Mann further said that it has also been revealed that contraband consignments were transported from New Delhi to Imphal by air cargo mainly in the morning flights and would also be sent by road through trucks via Guwahati. From Imphal, the contrabands would be transported by road to Tamu on the Myanmar border.