Drug racket case: 80L Tramadol and Alprazolam tablets supplied

The fact finding report of the drugs racket case in Sri Ganganar has revealed that almost 80 lakh tablets of Tramadol and Alprazolam were supplied from Jaipur. Both the pills are narcotic-like pain reliever used in treating mild to severe pain. An overdose can be harmful for the various organs of the body.

Fifteen days back, Sri Ganganagar police busted a drug racket during which 1,06,950 banned tablets were seized and four persons were arrested, including the gang’s mastermind Balvant Singh, smuggler Lokesh Agarwal, owner of a medical shop in Jaipur Sonu, bus conductor of a private travel company Ali alias Rashi and Rajveer Singh, both aides of Balvant.

“Balvant used to purchase medicines from the shop of Agarwal, located at the film colony in Walled city and another person, whose shop is located at the 22-Godown area of the city,” said Mridul Kachawa, assistant superintendent of police (ASP), Sri Ganganar . ASP Kachawa added that the name of another shop owner cannot be revealed as he is on police radar and still absconding.

Both the medical shops have been seized by police. “Agarwal, was aware that these tablets are banned under NDPS Act and Balvant would use it for illegal purpose, but still for the greed of making easy money, he supplied a stock of Tramadol and Alprazolam tablets for seven times. Each consignment had around 470 box, each box had around 2,250 tablets, which means almost 10.5 lakh tablets worth ~10 lakh were supplied in one go,” Kachawa said.

In the preliminary investigation, it was revealed that Agarwal has a loan of more than ~20 lakh and has kept his house on mortgage. “Balvant used to purchase one box of tablets from Agarwal at the cost of ~490 and used to sell it to the small suppliers at the rate of ~900 to ~1000. The small suppliers would then sell it in double the price in villages of Sadulshahar, Lalgarh, Jatan, Sanagariya, Hanumangarh and the border villages of Sri Ganganar ,” said the police officer. The modus operandi of the supply of the tablets was that the consignments were kept inside inter-district private buses. The conductors were given up to ~1,000 to deliver the package to its destination.

ASP Kachawa added, “Sri Ganganar is an agrarian district located on the inter-state borders of Rajasthan and Punjab. Two decades back, the labourers were given poppy husk to boost their work productivity by farm owners, but when it was banned they started giving them drugs (medical tablets) at cheaper rates.”

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