Narco racket operating in Delhi, HP and J&K exposed
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: In the wake of upcoming Assembly elections, the sleuths of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have arrested Neeraj Bhatia, one of the owners of Codeine Syrup Manufacturing firm Vidit Healthcare, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh.
With this, the agency has busted a notorious Inter-State Codeine based Syrup diversion racket operating in Delhi, H.P and J&K since last six to seven years. Till now, seven persons have been arrested in this case and around 34 Kg. of Codeine based Syrup has been seized.
This is follow-up action in Case Crime (02/24) that the NCB Jammu Zonal Unit has arrested Neeraj Bhatia from HP.
The Vidit Healthcare was supplying Codeine based Syrup to shell companies, without proper document verification and their presence on ground and violating provisions of NDPS Act.
Owner of these shell companies were having previous questionable and dubious history. Despite this knowledge, Neeraj Bhatia, owner of Vidit Healthcare was in collusion and conducting regular transactions of Codeine based Syrup with these shell companies since seven years.
During investigation, it was found that since January 2024, Vidit Healthcare had supplied three lakh COCREX Codeine based syrup to a shell firm under investigation and before that also on an average he used to supply 3 lakh bottles quarterly that is 12 lakh bottles annually to previous shell firms. The agency during financial investigation has freezed various movable and immovable illegally acquired properties of accused amounting to Rs 3.65 Crores.
The NCB has geared up its preparation to tackle the drug menace and its possible misuse in the election scenario. Being the national nodal agency for drug law enforcement, it has committed itself to stop the supply of drugs in the region and further investigation is on.