{"id":489310,"date":"2023-09-22T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=489310"},"modified":"2023-09-22T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T08:32:21","slug":"gujarat-police-drug-racket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/gujarat-police-drug-racket\/","title":{"rendered":"Gujarat Police bust drug racket, arrest four persons for illegal production of synthetic drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Gujarat Police have busted a drug racket and arrested four persons. One of them is identified as Sunil Kaushik Sharma who is currently in the Lajpore Central Jail in Surat. The accused had planned to smuggle raw materials from Rajasthan. They wanted to establish a manufacturing factory for Narcotics Drugs in the outskirts of Surat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the police the arrested people were involved in the illegal production of synthetic drugs. One of the drugs they were producing was methamphetamine, commonly known as MD. About 10.5 kg of raw material has been seized by Surat police which is used to manufacture MD drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10.5 kg raw material is enough to make 8.5-9kg of MD drugs. Two more steps are required in the production of the drug. The total value of the drugs in the illegal market is Rs 8-9 crore in the illegal market. All\u00a0 the four persons arrested including the one in Lajpore jail were previously associated with NDPS (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Surat police, the accused were involved in the illicit production of synthetic drugs, particularly methamphetamine, commonly known as \u2018MD\u2019.The Gujarat police have busted a drug racket and nabbed four accused.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/drugs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#drugs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/meth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#meth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/surat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#surat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gujrat?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gujrat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AttentionIndia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AttentionIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4Ve1kov2i\">pic.twitter.com\/j4Ve1kov2i<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Attention India (@attentionindia1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/attentionindia1\/status\/1705119073850577116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharad Singhal, Joint commissioner of Police, Surat said they came to know about Sunil Sharm\u2019s involvement in the drugs production after the Rajasthan operation. Based on the information received the Surat Police carried out an operation in Rajasthan. The Police \u00a0seized large quantities of Narcotics substances in the form of powder and granules from different plastic bags in Pati village of Pali district in Rajasthan. The police arrested Gajanand Sharma, the father of Sunil Sharma, \u00a0Anna\u00a0Panduranga and Ghanshyam Mulani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three of them were imprisoned at Lajpore jail. They made a plan in collaboration with Sunil Sharma to set up a factory in Umargam, in Valsad district. To make their plan successful, the three of them decided to jump parole. Sunil Sharma who was in jail contacted his father, Gajanand Sharma who lives in Bhiwani, Haryana. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the police the arrested people were involved in the illegal production of synthetic drugs. 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