Delhi supplier held in drug haul case
Friday, 18/10/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131018/punjab.htm#2
Chandigarh : The police has arrested a Delhi-based supplier who is said to have anchored a major supply chain to medicine shops storing and selling banned medicines. More arrests related to the case are likely to follow in the region. The police has been following leads it got after the seizure of synthetic drug worth Rs 100 crore by the Patiala police from Karnal last week.
Bhupinder Singh Khattra, Superintendent of Police Rajpura, said: “More arrests are likely to follow as all those found on the list of suppliers will be traced.”
He said: “We are looking for big names associated with the supply chain of the banned drugs.”
Bikramjit Brar, head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), said: “The Delhi drug supplier has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody. Preliminary investigations in the case have yielded potential links which are being followed up. Also under scanner are three leading Mumbai pharmaceutical companies.”
