Surat diamond broker arrested in Ankleshwar’s ₹250 crore drug seizure case
Updated: Oct 24th, 2024
One more person was arrested in connection with drugs seized at Ankleshwar GIDC’s Asvar Enterprise on Monday.
On Tuesday night, the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Surat arrested Palak Patel, for allegedly supplying MD drugs to Surat and Mumbai.
The 32-year-old diamond broker and resident of Katargam was caught near Katargam Darwaja Bridge.
Palak also worked at Avsar Enterprise with his Cousin Virat Patel, who was arrested by the Crime Branch on Monday.
Palak bought MD drugs at the rate of ₹6 lakh per kg and sold them at ₹8.50 lakh.
He also charged an extra ₹1.5 lakh as commission.
During interrogation, it was also revealed that 10 years ago, Palak had committed a murder in the Katargam area and is currently out on bail.
Earlier, the Surat Crime Branch arrested Montu Patel, Virat, and Vipul Patel of Avsar Enterprise in Ankleshwar from Velanja village in Surat.
The three were nabbed in a luxurious sedan with MD drugs worth ₹2.03 crore.
This month, authorities seized 518 kg cocaine — worth ₹5,000 crore — from Ankleshwar GIDC.
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