Kasaragod gang surfaces as major drug cartel in country
Published: 02nd June 2019 04:36 AM
By Toby Antony
Express News Service
KOCHI: National agencies are closely monitoring a Kasaragod-based drug cartel, which, it has emerged, is one of the major drug smuggling and supplying groups in the country. The agencies received information about the group after 100 kg of heroin was seized off the Porbandar coast in April this year, en route to Saudi Arabia through cartels operating in India.
Following the seizure, the Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad nabbed a person named Mohammed Abdul Salaam Kunni, 47, of Kasaragod, who is suspected to be the man behind the drug cartel from New Delhi.“In the interrogation, Kunni admitted that he received drugs like heroin, Methamphetamine, also known as Meth or Ice, from Afghanistan, which entered India through Kutch or the sea route. He later dispatched them to West Asian countries, mostly to Saudi Arabia, using carriers. The drugs procured by the group also reach various states in the country,†an Intelligence Bureau officer said.
A few people having links with the Kasaragod syndicate were arrested in Bengaluru and Mangaluru in recent months.“As the demand for synthetic drugs in West Asian countries has increased, the drug cartels procure them from Afghanistan, to be illegally sent abroad. The Kasaragod-based cartel has people who operate in West Asian countries and major cities in the country,†the officer said.
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I confess ignorance on this story but it's still a bit fascinating. It mentions how things have gone since the LDF took power in 2016, I take that to mean Modi's power. Anyway, nice graphics. Interesting to see this problem from another country's perspective. A lot of this dope is from Afghanistan.
