<p>New Delhi: In the second big drug haul in a week, Delhi Police has seized 208 kg of cocaine worth Rs 2,080 crore from a rented shop in west Delhi, an official said on Thursday evening.</p><p>The drugs were hidden inside plastic packets of snacks with 'Tasty Treat' and 'Chatpata Mixture' written on them. About 20-25 such packets kept in cartons were recovered from a small narrow shop in west Delhi's Ramesh Nagar area, the official said.</p><p>The seizure is linked to an earlier recovery of 562 kg of drugs worth over Rs 5,000 crore from southwest Delhi's Mahipalpur, he said.</p><p>He further said the recovered seizure weighs around 208 kg, which is worth Rs 2,080 crore in international market.</p><p>Official sources said the consignment was kept there by an Indian origin UK citizen who is now on the run.</p><p>"We got a tip off during investigations of our previous seizure and arrest. On Thursday evening, a team of the Special Cell was sent to the shop and recovered the consignment," a police officer said.</p><p>The UK citizen, who is identified by the police, managed to escape before the arrival of the team. He had taken the shop on rent a few days ago, the officer said, adding two people including the owner of the shop have been detained and questioned.</p><p>The owner told the police that the shop was taken on rent for business related to garments, the officer said.</p><p>It is suspected that the UK citizen wanted to transport the drug consignment to other parts of the country but he fled after the police's previous seizure, he said.</p><p>The Special Cell, on October 2, had seized over 560 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana estimated to be worth Rs 5,620 crore from a godown in Mahipalpur in south Delhi and arrested four people. Two more persons were subsequently apprehended from Amritsar and Chennai.</p>.Rs 5,600-cr drug seizure case: Delhi Police recovers cocaine worth Rs 10 cr from Amritsar.<p>Earlier in the day, the Special Cell arrested a man identified as Akhlak, a native of Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. This was the seventh person to be arrested in the case.</p><p>The police sources said the syndicate was allegedly run by a Dubai-based businessman Virender Basoya. He was allegedly running the racket with the help of Tushar Goyal and Jitender Gill alias Jassi, both arrested by the police, they said.</p><p>The police have also issued a look out circular (LOC) against Basoya, who is on the run. The police suspect that Basoya is a part of an international syndicate which has given different works to different people.</p><p>Majority of syndicate members do not know each other and they were operating on the basis of code names on social media, the police sources said.</p><p>A senior police officer, who is privy to the investigations, said so far 700 kg of cocaine, worth over Rs 7,000 crore, has been recovered from the national capital so far.</p><p>The seizures are the part of same syndicate which which had brought consignment via sea route to Goa from South American countries.</p><p>It is suspected some more such consignments are kept or already transported to other destinations, the officer said.</p><p>He said the police teams are conducting raids at various parts of Delhi and NCR and trying to nab the other co-accused of the drug syndicate.</p>
<p>New Delhi: In the second big drug haul in a week, Delhi Police has seized 208 kg of cocaine worth Rs 2,080 crore from a rented shop in west Delhi, an official said on Thursday evening.</p><p>The drugs were hidden inside plastic packets of snacks with 'Tasty Treat' and 'Chatpata Mixture' written on them. About 20-25 such packets kept in cartons were recovered from a small narrow shop in west Delhi's Ramesh Nagar area, the official said.</p><p>The seizure is linked to an earlier recovery of 562 kg of drugs worth over Rs 5,000 crore from southwest Delhi's Mahipalpur, he said.</p><p>He further said the recovered seizure weighs around 208 kg, which is worth Rs 2,080 crore in international market.</p><p>Official sources said the consignment was kept there by an Indian origin UK citizen who is now on the run.</p><p>"We got a tip off during investigations of our previous seizure and arrest. On Thursday evening, a team of the Special Cell was sent to the shop and recovered the consignment," a police officer said.</p><p>The UK citizen, who is identified by the police, managed to escape before the arrival of the team. He had taken the shop on rent a few days ago, the officer said, adding two people including the owner of the shop have been detained and questioned.</p><p>The owner told the police that the shop was taken on rent for business related to garments, the officer said.</p><p>It is suspected that the UK citizen wanted to transport the drug consignment to other parts of the country but he fled after the police's previous seizure, he said.</p><p>The Special Cell, on October 2, had seized over 560 kg of cocaine and 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana estimated to be worth Rs 5,620 crore from a godown in Mahipalpur in south Delhi and arrested four people. Two more persons were subsequently apprehended from Amritsar and Chennai.</p>.Rs 5,600-cr drug seizure case: Delhi Police recovers cocaine worth Rs 10 cr from Amritsar.<p>Earlier in the day, the Special Cell arrested a man identified as Akhlak, a native of Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. This was the seventh person to be arrested in the case.</p><p>The police sources said the syndicate was allegedly run by a Dubai-based businessman Virender Basoya. He was allegedly running the racket with the help of Tushar Goyal and Jitender Gill alias Jassi, both arrested by the police, they said.</p><p>The police have also issued a look out circular (LOC) against Basoya, who is on the run. The police suspect that Basoya is a part of an international syndicate which has given different works to different people.</p><p>Majority of syndicate members do not know each other and they were operating on the basis of code names on social media, the police sources said.</p><p>A senior police officer, who is privy to the investigations, said so far 700 kg of cocaine, worth over Rs 7,000 crore, has been recovered from the national capital so far.</p><p>The seizures are the part of same syndicate which which had brought consignment via sea route to Goa from South American countries.</p><p>It is suspected some more such consignments are kept or already transported to other destinations, the officer said.</p><p>He said the police teams are conducting raids at various parts of Delhi and NCR and trying to nab the other co-accused of the drug syndicate.</p>