Overview
- Officials say the Dubai-based suspect has been detained and is expected to be deported to India soon.
- The NCB identifies Thakur as the mastermind behind an 82 kg cocaine consignment seized in Delhi in November 2024.
- Investigators say the consignment was routed through an Indian port, moved by truck to the capital, and stored in a warehouse for distribution.
- The ED conducted raids linked to Thakur and froze 118 mule accounts as part of the money-laundering probe.
- Authorities allege he ran a hawala network between Dubai and Delhi and link him to a recent meth seizure in Delhi valued at about Rs 282 crore.