Overview

• Crime Branch officers recovered about 5.7 kg of high-grade cannabis along with three vehicles and two passports during the crackdown.
• Investigators identified Anil Kumar Singh as the operational head linked to Thailand and named a Dubai-based handler, Ishan, as the recipient of the funds.
• Carriers were recruited with promises of foreign trips, collected sealed packets in Bangkok, and re-entered via airports in Delhi, Amritsar, Chandigarh, or Mumbai for local distribution.
• Police said the cartel bought the drug in Bangkok for roughly Rs 1.5 lakh per kg and sold it in Delhi-NCR for about Rs 6–7 lakh per kg through multiple bank accounts.
• The case began with an August 26 interception in Delhi, followed by the September 1 arrest of Anil Kumar Singh in Hyderabad and an Azamgarh raid that added 2.029 kg to the seizures, with further arrests in Delhi as the search for Ishan continues.