Sikkim man held in Rs 13,000-crore drug haul case: Here’s how the contraband was supplied, processed

Sharma’s arrest is the 20th in the case. “He had visited Thailand multiple times and carried consignments of Thai marijuana, which he concealed in his luggage at airports,” the officer added.

In October 2024, the Special Cell’s Eastern Range recovered 1,289 kg of cocaine and 39.706 kg of Thai marijuana from Delhi and Gujarat in what police termed as the biggest drug haul in the Capital.

A fake company registered in the name of a Bangladeshi citizen was allegedly procuring chemicals such as chloroform and bromine from four local vendors to smuggle into Delhi, police investigations found.

Police said AS Joshi & Company (Mumbai), Priyank International (Mumbai), King Life Science Manufacturer (Ankleshwar), and Aarham Chemicals (Mumbai) were the vendors that supplied raw materials to RM Biochem — one of the three “fake” firms through which the drugs were sent to Aavkar Drugs. Delhi Police seized 518 kg of cocaine worth Rs 5,000 crore during a raid at Aavkar Drugs in Gujarat’s Ankleshwar in October 2024.

According to police, RM Biochem was registered in the name of one Ramjan Bishwas who acted as an intermediary between small chemical vendors and Aavkar Drugs.

“Aavkar Drugs received the raw materials required to process the cocaine smuggled by Virender Basoiya’s gang through RM Biochem. RM supplied the materials to Life Saver Pharma without legitimate bills, which then transferred them to Pharma Solutions Limited — also without bills. Pharma Solutions finally supplied the materials to Aavkar Drugs, where the cocaine was processed,” an officer said.

Pharma Solutions supplied at least seven different chemicals to Aavkar Drugs to process cocaine and methamphetamine. Two of those were named ‘HVK’ (2,040 kg) and ‘GR-25’ (1,200 kg), police officers said. While GR-25 refers to 4-Methyl propiophenone, HVK is monomethylamine.

Investigations revealed that all three fake companies—RM Biochem, Pharma Solutions, and Life Saver Pharma—were allegedly set up on the instructions of Rana Tarandeep Singh, an alleged Pakistan-based associate of cartel mastermind Virender Basoiya.

“Chemists working for both Life Saver Pharma and Pharma Solutions were contacted by Rana and recruited into the smuggling operation to procure raw materials,” police officials said.

Key members of the cartel, including Virender Basoiya alias Veeru — the Dubai-based businessman allegedly funding the operation — are yet to be arrested.