Surat: MD drug worth Rs 48 L seized in Surat, 2 held

Acting on a tip-off, the cops caught a youth moving under suspicion near a petrol pump outside the Udhna Railway station. On checking his bag, the cops found 487.280 grams of banned MD drug worth Rs 48.72 lakh and Rs 5,000 in cash.

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According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Surat Crime Branch, Rupal Solanki, the drug network is run by Singh, infamous for robbing gold from gold finance firms across the country.

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Surat Crime Branch arrested two youths after seizure of banned Mephedrone (MD) drug worth Rs 48.72 lakh in the Udhna area Friday. One of the accused is a gang member of notorious gangster Subodh Singh who operates from Beur jail in Bihar capital of Patna.

Acting on a tip-off, the cops caught a youth moving under suspicion near a petrol pump outside the Udhna Railway station. On checking his bag, the cops found 487.280 grams of banned MD drug worth Rs 48.72 lakh and Rs 5,000 in cash.

After forensic officials confirmed it was MD drug, the police arrested the peddler identified as Patna resident Ujwal Sharma (26).

Upon interrogation, Sharma disclosed that he was in Surat to deliver drugs to City Light Town area resident Manoj Rai (36), also a native of Patna. Rai was then arrested Friday evening.

Rai told police that he had come to Surat in May to attend a cybersecurity course. However, he could not provide the details or necessary documents of the college where he studied.

According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Surat Crime Branch, Rupal Solanki, the drug network is run by Singh, infamous for robbing gold from gold finance firms across the country. “Ujwal Sharma was lodged in Beur jail in 2021 in an attempt-to-murder case and came in contact with Subodh Singh and got inducted into his gang. Sharma got bail in the mid-2022. Manoj Rai was in contact with Subodh Singh through mobile app Telegram. We have found transactions between Manoj Rai and Subodh Singh. Rai was in contact with Singh for the past five years, Solanki said.

Police sources said Subodh got into the drug business and was a supplier to Rai on commission basis. The payment was done through angadia firms and online money transfer. Over 200 people work for Subodh, whose network is spread across different states like UP, Bihar, MP and Jharkhand.

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