Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) today arrested former Congress MLA Bhavsinh Rathod's son Kishorsinh Rathod for his alleged involvement in a racket of supplying raw material worth Rs 270 crore to prepare party drug - methamphetamine.
Kishorsinh was absconding ever since he was named as the kingpin of a drug racket unearthed in April 2016 when Gujarat police had seized 1364 kgs of Ephedrine, a raw material used to prepare party drug methamphetamine, during a raid at a factory nine months back.
According to officials, Kishorsinh was arrested by a team of ATS in Chambal area on the border of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
In one of biggest drug seizures of Gujarat, city crime branch and state ATS teams has seized 1364 kgs of Ephedrine worth Rs 270 crore after raiding a factory on the outskirts of a city in April this year.
It was alleged that Kishorsinh along with his accomplice Jay Mukhi had procured this drug from Sholapur in Maharashtra and gave it to Kachha to convert it into crystal math (methamphetamine).
Crystal Math (methamphetamine) is prepared from Ephedrine which has a huge demand in India and abroad, said officials. It was alleged that Kishorsinh and his accomplices had planned to export this party drug to European countries and also sell it in India.
"Vikcy Goswami is also an accused in this case and yet to be arrested," said SP Shukla.
Kishorsinh was absconding ever since he was named as the kingpin of a drug racket unearthed in April 2016 when Gujarat police had seized 1364 kgs of Ephedrine, a raw material used to prepare party drug methamphetamine, during a raid at a factory nine months back.
According to officials, Kishorsinh was arrested by a team of ATS in Chambal area on the border of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
In one of biggest drug seizures of Gujarat, city crime branch and state ATS teams has seized 1364 kgs of Ephedrine worth Rs 270 crore after raiding a factory on the outskirts of a city in April this year.
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It was alleged that Kishorsinh along with his accomplice Jay Mukhi had procured this drug from Sholapur in Maharashtra and gave it to Kachha to convert it into crystal math (methamphetamine).
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Crystal Math (methamphetamine) is prepared from Ephedrine which has a huge demand in India and abroad, said officials. It was alleged that Kishorsinh and his accomplices had planned to export this party drug to European countries and also sell it in India.
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"Vikcy Goswami is also an accused in this case and yet to be arrested," said SP Shukla.
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