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NCB has apprehended Jaffer Sadiq, the kingpin in the India-Australia-New Zealand Drug trafficking network being investigated by us. 

Shri. Gyaneshwar Singh, DDG (Ops) is holding a press conference at 2pm today at NCB Headquarters to brief on the matter. Request everyone to attend and give coverage.

Information was received in February from New Zealand customs authorities and Australian police that large quantities of pseudoephedrine, concealed in desiccated coconut powder, were being sent to both the countries. Further, inputs from the US Drug Enforcement Administration indicated that the source of consignment was in Delhi.

Sadiq is allegedly the kingpin of the India-Australia-New Zealand drugs racket. Sadiq, who has produced five films till date, ran the a cartel that sent pseudoephedrine from India to Australia and New Zealand. Four people from Tamil Nadu already arrested from a warehouse in Delhi two weeks ago. The case was busted after New Zealand and Australia authorities informed Indian agencies about massive smuggling of drugs in their countries under the guise of food products. NCB probing if drug money was used to finance the films.

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Published: 09 Mar 2024, 12:03 PM IST

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